Mid: Hudson Regional Office-Correspondence, 1985

Blue Shield of Northeastern New York, Inc., "State Plus Proposal Given to Rhinebeck Central School"; booklet by Department of Civil Service, "Health Insurance for Your Dependents: The New York State Government Employees Health Insurance Plan"; NYSUT regional office newsletters, Mid-Hudson School Bell; memo to Jim Conti expressing concern raised by president of Red Hook Faculty Association over process for selecting local leaders (in this case, an individual who was no longer a member of the bargaining unit) for special training programs, need to consult the regional coordinator, September 3; letter to NYSUT president Tom Hobart from the Hudson Teachers' Association dinner chairman, inviting him to attend community service dinner, with attached memo from Jim Conti re proper channel of communication; brief report on Mid-Hudson Regional Conference, to Jan Conti, regional coordinator, from Jim Conti, August 28; correspondence re welfare trust funds by various locals, and text of fund agreement for Wappingers Federation of Transit-Custodial and Maintenance Workers; draft recommendation of the Sub-Committee on Crisis Support/Management; correspondence re Mid-Hudson Leadership Conference; tentative agenda; court decision in Dutchess County BOCES v. Newman et al., annulling PERB decision, Jun 11, 1985; PERB decision of administrative law judge in the matter of County of Putnam, respondent, and Putnam County Unit, Local 840, Civil Service Employees Association, Inc., AFSCME, AFL-CIO, charging party, re dress code, May 3, 1985; letter to NYSUT president Tom Hobart from president of Wappingers Congress of Teachers, authorizing school monitors in the district to form a secondary local, the Wappingers Federation of Educational Assistants, March 28; correspondence with Monticello Teachers Association re settlement of 1983 grievance arbitration for teacher denied access to sick bank, March April, 1985; correspondence between Jim Conti and director of organizing for CSEA re lack of interest by CSEA in organizing Pine Plains Central School, March April; arbitration seminar description and registration form; "A Report on the Plight of the Collective Bargaining System," January 1984, New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Labor; letter from Jim Conti to Vito DeLeonardis re two cases in which NYSUT took action on behalf of locals or teachers against its better judgment, under threat of disaffiliation or losing a representation election, need to make decisions based on merits January 10; Dutchess United Educators Handbook, 1984-1985; Retirement Handbook, September 1984; memo re dual health insurance enrollment at Wappingers Falls, September 10, 1984; work schedule statistics of MHRO (Mid-Hudson Regional Office) field representatives, total hours; local bargaining units added since opening of MHRO; support rationale for addition of field rep in MHRO; correspondence with Jim Conti re disability retirement case, Wechinsky v. New York Teachers' Retirement System, August November 1985; correspondence from actuaries with Jim Conti re State Plus health insurance plan for Rhinebeck Central School District, related memo from NYS Department of Civil Service