James Conti Correspondence (1 of 3), 1983

Newspaper clippings with cover memo re national coverage of "A Nation at Risk" report and Al Shanker's comments on it, May 2, 1983; background materials, including correspondence to Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, relating to change in Education Law re sharing by school boards of insurance costs, 1961-1983; memos re Improper Practice charges; requests from Jim Conti to NYSUT counsel Bernard Ashe for legal opinion re rights of various teachers; consent decree in unemployment insurance case MLC v Sitkin and NYSUT v Sitkin, August 18; memo to coordinators re cases re duty of fair representation, August 17; memos re negotiation breakdowns at Three Villages, Sweet Home, and other locals, August; clarification petitions in Newburgh, July-August; memo re health care organizing, July 19; summary of U.S. Supreme Court Decision barring employers from providing smaller annuity payments to women, in Bureau of National Affairs Daily Labor Report, July 6, 1983; materials re 3020a charges against teacher in Honeoye school district, July 18; resolution on education reform, passed at the AFT national convention, July 11; newspaper clippings re Pres. Ronald Reagan speech at AFT convention; request for legal opinion re East Greenbush charges that a teacher tampered with Regents exam, possible 3020a or criminal charges, June 30; paper, "How Neutrals Can Help Bargainers in Troubled Times," by Robert Birnbaum, Teachers College, Columbia University, April 1983; PERB Board Decision and Order re Corning T.A. self-funded insurance, June 20, 1983