International Federation of Free Teachers Unions (IFFTU), 1980-1985

Cover letter to NYSUT president Tom Hobart from Peter Mitchell, assistant to the general secretary of IFFTU, with new publication he helped create, describing IFFTU, and copy of article he wrote, "Democracy in Education," published in Fiji Teachers' Journal, June 8, 1984; letters from Hobart to Mitchell, commenting on articles in Perspectives and others, July 24 and August 10, 1984; issue of IFFTU Perspectives newsletter, vol. 2., no. 1, January 4, 1984; draft of speech by Mitchell to be presented to NYSUT Representative Assembly, with cover letter to Hobart, February 29, 1984; handwritten notes from conference; letter from IFFTU general secretary Andre Braconier to AFT president Al Shanker, asking him to complete survey re reduction of budgets allocated to education, March 18, 1980; publication re International Labour Organisation (ILO) and International Federation of Free Trade Unions, A Partnership in the Struggle for Workers' Rights, 1983; IFFTU World Congress May 28- June 2, 1985, questionnaire re teachers' employment and terms and conditions of employment, with cover note from Mitchell to Hobart, July 9, 1885; letter from Hobart to Mitchell re new governor, Mario Cuomo, aspirations for teachers unions, January 13, 1993; related correspondence between Hobart and Mitchell, 1981-84