Southern Tier Regional Office: Correspondence, 1986

Inquiry by Jim Conti as to whether NYSUT was proposing legislation to address worker's compensation, citing the case of a Newark Valley Central School District bus driver who was out on disability on a work-related injury and could legally lose her job and health insurance, December; memo to Jim Conti recommending breach of contract suit on behalf of the Chenango Forks Teachers Association for violating settlement agreement, negotiated in lieu of an Improper Practice Charge, for assigning too much work to a teacher, December 9; materials re legality of self-funded health plans, including case of Rockland Community College, April; letter congratulating field representative on successful contract for Watkins Glen Faculty Association, noting benefits and protections not often found in the Southern Tier, November 3; memos requesting legal opinion of certain wording on taxable income deferments form required of teachers to sign at Endicott school district, September-November; letter from state senator and deputy majority leader William T. Smith to president of Elmira Teachers Association, explaining why he opposed Excellence In Teaching program, September 18; handwritten drafts, "You Are Being Cheated," for mailing to teachers in Oneonta, September 11; letter to president of Corning Teachers Association from NYSUT staff in Division of Research and Educational Services, advising on design of a questionnaire evaluating teacher satisfaction with building administrators, September 5; application for affiliation with NYSUT from George Junior Republic Teachers Organization, August; questionnaire by Corning Teachers Association to evaluate building administrators, July 2; memo to Jim Conti re miscellaneous concerns re PERB, including decision in Charlotte Valley Teachers Association case, difficulties with improper practice conferences and hearings, February 21; recommendation for a 3020a hearing panel member, June 30; five-page memo from regional office coordinator Chuck Rogers, analyzing the disaffiliation of the Greene Teachers Association, May 29; six-page memo from field rep to Chuck Rogers, analyzing the disaffiliation of the Greene Teachers Association, May 29; list of school districts where increases in state aid were used to lower local taxes, versus where aid resulted in increases for teachers, September 13; memo to Jim Conti discussing the results of increase in state on school district taxes, budgets, and salaries, concluding that not much had changed for contract negotiations, August 23; several related memos to Jim Conti, with specific examples of impact on districts; memo re inadequacy of PERB procedures for adding long-term substitutes or part-time teachers, February 22; related memo re accretion, March 21; confidential memo from Jim Conti re scheduling PERB prehearing conference for Charlotte Valley case, May 13; letter to Jim Conti re inconvenience and expense of PERB's increasing tendency to schedule hearings and meetings in Albany instead of Binghamton, April 29; related material; repeat request to NYSUT president Hobart by Corning Teachers Association that NYSUT Executive Board assign the local to the district (E.D. 11) with which it had regular contact and was closer to geographically, April 18; memo from Jim Conti re "Neanderthal" goals of Owego Apalachin Central School District, suggesting that State Education Department be informed, April 25; chart comparing provisions of the tiers of the NYS Employee Retirement System; memo to Jim Conti criticizing PERB mediator/fact-finder, dissatisfaction by both parties, urging that PERB be advised and requested not to assign the mediator again to any NYSUT case in the Southern Tier, February 3; memo to Jim Conti re inordinate number of respiratory and cancer cases at Rushford school, need for asbestos removal, January 21; confidential memo and related documents re teacher at Greene Central School, February 28; request from Jim Conti to NYSUT legal counsel to have a staff attorney address Chenango Valley Teachers Association re teacher liability in the classroom and school-related situations, February 20; copy of General Municipal Law section 92 re vacations, sick leaves and leaves of absence of officers and employees, including opinions of the state comptroller