New York State United Teachers (NYSUT)

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Covers 1965-1999, with greatest focus in the 1970s and 1980s during Jim Conti's tenure as director of field services. Includes correspondence of Conti and of individual regional offices, activity reports and requests for legal assistance.

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Training tapes and newsclips on topics such as shared decision making and social promotion; speeches by Al Shanker and Tom Hobart, and excerpts from NYSTA House of Delegates conferences (1972) and later events to 1999. Includes open-reel audio tapes, audio cassettes, and VHS.

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Certificates, 1973-2006

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Black and white photos of NYSUT/NYSTA officers Tom Hobart, Charles Santelli, UFT president Albert Shanker, and unidentified others; U.S. Senator Jacob Javits

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A large part of the file concentrates on the early 1970s process of disaffiliation by NYSTA/NYSUT from the National Education Association and subsequent years of rivalry. Later records focus on reports and testimony by president Tom Hobart, vice president Antonia Cortese, executive vice president Herb Magidson, and other officers on issues such as teacher compensation, teacher certification, and health insurance.

Scope and Contents 1973-2005. Majority of materials cover 1990s, some 1980s. Contents include issues briefing materials for lobbying days by Committee of 100, members of NYSUT, including retirees, who volunteered to lobby legislators in Albany; voter registration and issues flyers by VOTE/COPE (Committee on Political Education), the political action committee of NYSUT; recommendations for candidate endorsements and related background materials (research on voting records, summaries of key legislation);...

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Items from conventions and other events dating as far back as 1845 but mostly concentrating on the 1980s and 90s; includes plaques, campaign pins, buttons, name tags, T-shirts, tote bags, and other items.

Abstract NYSUT's field service operation provided ongoing assistance to local teachers associations throughout the state. The department was divided into several geographic regional offices, and field representatives associated with each office were assigned to school districts within the area. Assistance focused primarily on contract negotiations and grievances, which frequently involved arbitration and close cooperation with the NYSUT Legal Department. These are the files of the NYSUT Mid-Hudson...

Scope and Contents Covers the period 1976-1994. The NYS Special Task Force on Equity and Excellence in Education (also known as the Rubin Commission or Rubin Task Force, named for its chairman, Max J. Rubin) was created to make recommendations for a state aid formula that would more fairly fund school districts, taking into account the great disparities in local wealth throughout the state. Materials in this collection focus mostly on the NYSUT committee that tracked the task force's work, the NYSUT Commission...

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Includes audio tapes, VHS video cassettes, computer discs and transcripts