Coordinator's Reports, 1979

January, 1979. Report from Tony Ficcio, NYC, re NYU, suggesting update go to Al Shanker; reports from Ficcio re his efforts in organizing NYU, assault on his professional integrity; report from Frank Squillace, Syracuse, re organizing or school-related personnel in Solvey, bus drivers in Cazenovia, negotiations, workshops; report from Robert G. Klein, Elmsford, re negotiations, organizing; report from John O'Leary, Nassau, re organizing at Hicksville, Plainview, C.W. Post, and Sewanhaka, negotiations of 19 teacher contracts, 6 non-teaching, trouble at Nassau Community College; UUP status report by Evelyn Hartman; report from Charles Rodgers, Southern Tier, re Ithaca College election, pending NLRB certification, organizing attempts at Corning Hospital, school districts, with attached newsletter; report from Ron Uba, Western NY, re organizing efforts in Jamestown, Buffalo, and Wellsville; report from Robert J. Allen, North Country, re slow negotiations, weak NYEA activity, outcome of arbitrations, political action and legislative workshops; report from Vincent Grove, Utica, re impasses, pending negotiations, potential strikes, increase in membership by 73; report from Stanley Kern, Mid-Hudson, re settlement by Liberty school-related personnel; report from Ray Samson, Rochester, re locals at impasse, NYEA activity, bargaining crisis at Avon school district; report by John DeGregorio, Suffolk, re NYEA activity at Stony Brook, Islip, Deer Park/Levittown, negotiations at Harborfields, successful workshop; report from Leon Lieberman, Albany, re negotiations, organizing, NYEA locals, need for more field staff