Organizing Correspondence, 1983-1985

Organizing Correspondence 1983-1986 Memo re strategy for organizing Methodist Hospital, October 11, 1985; debriefing memo re organizing campaign at Jefferson Rehabilitation Center, October 11, 1985; copy of article in Heathcare Financial Management, "Unionization in the hospital industry: How are wages affected?" August 1985; memo re attached flyer targeting health care professionals, with suggestions for shorter slogan, October 11, 1985; organizing bulletin re counterfeit promotions designed to exclude pro-union employees from voting in affiliation elections, September 1985; other issues of newsletter; newspaper clipping from Washington Post re unionization movement among physicians, to retain more control over medical decisions in response to insurance company regulations, August 12, 1985; newspaper clipping re nurse protest against layoffs at Lockport Memorial Hospital, October 1, 1985; long, detailed memo to file from Jim Conti re organizing activities on July 15-16, 1985, including meetings with several people from New York Cityarea hospitals, nurses association; confidential memo from Jim Conti to Vito DeLeonardis re nurse organizing, strong conviction by contacts that nurses do not want to belong to a teacher's union, need to establish a separate organizational identity that nevertheless maintains legal tie to NYSUT, August 12, 1985; memo discussing PERB decisions (Williamsville and Hamburg cases) that would make organizing substitutes in small and medium sized school districts more difficult, June 14, 1985; resume of potential nurse organizer, July 18, 1985; memo to Jim Conti reorganizing efforts at Wayne Central Education Association (NEA), May 20, 1985, with cover memo from Jim Conti asking whether a survey might be helpful, June 17; application for local charter with Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, with cover memo noting discontinuation of professional liability insurance as option, April 26, 1985; memos re PERB procedure re accretion, FebruaryMarch 1985; summary of survey of adjunct faculty at Nassau Community College re representation by full-time faculty association, concern over preserving seniority rights, March 1, 1985; long memo from Jim Conti (tracking attached handwritten memo to Jim Conti from organizing coordinator John O'Leary) discussing staffing, January 8, 1985; article from Industrial and Labor Relations Review, "The Influence of Management Consultants on the Outcome of Union Certification Elections," October 1984, with cover memo to organizers from John O'Leary, December 10, 1984; long, detailed memo from John O'Leary to Jim Conti and John DeGregorio analyzing the nurses (RN) organizing campaign at St. John's hospital in Smithtown, October 31, 1984; memo from John O'Leary re survey for organizing college clerical employees, February 13, 1985; memo from Jim Conti re meeting re possibility of enlisting UUP's (United University Professions) help in organizing health care workers, need to establish health- care identity within NYSUT, July 19, 1983