AFT State Federation Presidents Conference Political Action Workshop, 1975

November 5-8, 1975. Conference program; discussion paper, "Agency Shop - Problems and Organizing Strategies Workshop for State Federation Presidents," November 7, 1975; brochure, "Gerald Ford's America: 10 Million Victims of Veto," by AFT Committee on Political Education (COPE), listing 36 vetoes by President Ford in his first year in office, increase in housing, food, medical, transportation, and clothing costs, 1969-1975; list of key 1976 elections, by state; National League of Cities special report, "The Role of Politics in Local Labor Relations: Does Political Action Influence Labor Agreements?" based on survey of 78 U.S. cities, by National League of Cities, U.S. Conference of Mayors and National Association of Counties, April 1973; COPE brochure, "Politics: It Means Your Life," describing COPE, c. 1975; excerpts from the AFL-CIO Memorandum on the New Federal Campaign Practices Act; timetable for a political campaign; suggestions for telephone banks; related instructional papers; VOTE/COPE Constitution; resolutions on the right to strike in public employment