Coordinator's Memos, 1986

Memo from Jim Conti to regional staff directors re PERB decisions re subcontracting of summer school teachers and programs to BOCES, with attached text of decisions, December 17, 1986; informational brochure re Workers' Compensation; publication by New York State Health Maintenance Organization Council, "HMO: a good idea that keeps getting better all the time"; memo from Jim Conti re Excellence in Teaching (EIT) payments and retirement credits, December 4; salary schedule increases for 1985-86 and 1986-87; memo from Jim Conti asking for financial help for the health care workers of the Benjamin-Rush Employees Union, ten of whom lost their jobs after a 20-day strike, November 24, 1986; request from Jim Conti for bargaining load for each field representative for the year, with attached form, November 11; list of arbitration grievance issues for tracking; improper practice charge against the Rome school district, filed by the Rome Teachers Association, over Excellence in Teaching (EIT) funds, with cover letter noting that the Rome Board of Education had since applied for the funds, and the teachers' association would likely be withdrawing the charge, September 22; memo from Jim Conti to regional staff directors advising them that the State Education Department would likely consider applications for Excellence in Teaching funds even if school districts applied beyond the expired deadline, October 9; briefing paper, "Teacher Salaries and the Excellence in Teaching Law," September 22; memo with sample Improper Practice Charge that locals might use when school districts do not apply for Excellence in Teaching funds, September 18; text of address by attorney for school boards, Melvin H. Osterman, Jr., "Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the Schools," presented at the first annual School Conference of the Capital Area, School Development Association, July 14, 1986, with cover memo from Jim Conti to regional staff directors, September 19; request from Jim Conti to regional staff directors re status of negotiations over EIT monies, August 26; text of Comments on Briffault Report on Agency Fee, prepared for PERB Agency Fee Symposium, September 9, 1986, presented by Bernard F. Ashe, Esq., general counsel, NYSUT, with cover memo from Jim Conti to regional staff directors; confidential memo from Robert Allen to regional staff directors re private meeting to be held one day before the regular meeting to discuss how Field Services Department officers (Allen, Jim Conti, Vito De Leonardis) could be of more help to the staff directors, August 18; State of New York Workers' Compensation Board brochure, "Physicians' Guide to Workers' Compensation, Disability Benefits, Volunteer Firefighter Benefits," with cover memo from Jim Conti to regional staff directors, August 14; correspondence re additional fees charged to teaching assistants (school-related personnel) who apply to the State Education Department for continuing certification, including exchange of letters between Commissioner Gordon Ambach and NYSUT vice president Antonia Cortese, June-July; salary schedule increases for 1985-86 and 1986-87, October 11; memo from Jim Conti to regional staff directors re phone banks for Cuomo/Lundine campaign, need to keep records in order for filing purposes, July 16; program for Summer Institute for Union Women; Information Bulletins re state funding for Teacher Centers; detailed memo from Jim Conti with recommendations for implementing EIT legislation, June 9; memos re reduction in employer contribution to New York State Teachers Retirement System, May 22; memo from Jim Conti with attached legislative bulletin from the New York State School Boards Association opposing certain Excellence in Teaching regulations, May 22; information release by the New York State Social Security Agency re new federal law requiring coverage under Medicare of new public employees not covered under Social Security; memo re draft regulations for Excellence in Teaching legislation; question and answer sheet re Excellence in Teaching program with respect to BOCES; memo to the counsel to the Governor re Excellence in Teaching legislation, April 17; fact sheet re New Jersey's Right-to-Know law, with attached negotiations checklist; strategy memo from Jim Conti to coordinators re Excellence in Teaching apportionment, April 23; memo to coordinators from Vito DeLeonardis re upcoming training session for field representatives to provide retirement consultation services to School-Related Personnel, following complaints that NYSUT was not providing the same services for SRPs as it was for teachers, April 23; memo re Excellence in Teaching legislation, including description of major aspects of the teacher salary aid, and excerpt from text of legislation, April 14; briefing paper on the status and progress at the Workers' Compensation Board, March 14; memo to coordinators from Jim Conti re procedure for legal representation by NYSUT in cases where teachers choose a disciplinary procedure other than a 3020a hearing, March 18; materials re AFT Local Leaders' Conference, March 12; Bureau of National Affairs article on real value of minimum wage, at lowest level since 1955, with cover memo to coordinators; Bureau of National Affairs article re supreme Court's setting of agency fees by unions, with cover memo