Coordinator's Reports, 1979

Febtruary, 1979. Reports from John O'Leary, Nassau, re negotiations, layoffs, Levittown United Teachers fines of $170,000, field rep visibility; report from Robert J. Allen, North Country, re negotiations at several locals, arbitrations, tenure hearings, improper practice charges; report from Chuck Rogers, Southern Tier Regional Office (STRO), re Ithaca College Faculty Association certification by NLRB, problem with Horseheads Teachers Association; report on UUP by Evelyn Hartman, executive director; report by Vinnie Grove, Utica, re impasses, student discipline conference, legislative breakfast, retirement seminars; report by Leon Lieberman, Albany, re negotiations, organizing at several districts; report by Ray Samson, Rochester, re organizing at Seneca Falls, Avon, Rochester Institute of Technology, Community College of the Finger Lakes, Monroe County BOCES II Teacher Aides, Rochester Regional Organizing Council, Wheatland-Chili Non-Teaching Association, and Hilton School Employees Association, NYEA activities in various districts; confidential memos to Jim Conti from Ron Uba, Western NY, re home visits in the Jamestown election, largely negative reception, Wellsville election; report from John DeGregorio, Suffolk, re negotiations, public relations; report from Tony Ficcio, NYC, re NYU, Catholic schools, missed organizing potential at Columbia for lack of staff; report from Stanley Kern, Mid-Hudson, re settlements, impasses, other negotiations, organizing potential SRP group in Saugerties; report from Frank Squillace, Syracuse, re organizing, noting 53 bargaining units in central NY area