James Conti Correspondence (3 of 3), 1983

Westmoreland Non-Instructional Employees Union contract re health insurance policy and Teachers Association policy, with cover memo that school district announced it would pull out of insurance plans, and that grievances had been filed on behalf of both groups, September 16; memo re claim from attorney that NYSUT pay legal fees for teacher in Janet Heinrich vs. Marcellus School District, September 6; Statement for Network Organization on the Environment of the Workplace and Community, with cover letter to ACTWU re meeting and press conference, December 8; AFT survey of state employees, showing basic information re bargaining unit classifications and number of members in NYS, November 30; letter from Jim Conti to PERB Director of Conciliation, proposing experiment in which a school district with labor relations problems would agree to assistance with negotiations by a neutral, October 31; letter to all school districts from NYS Social Security Agency re extension agreement for tax sheltered annuity plans, October 11; correspondence re appeal by the Commissioner of Labor to the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board in Ames case, October; material re Improper Practice charge by General Brown Non-Teaching Association, September; request for information re school-related personnel rights from paraprofessional in Rockville Centre School District, September; information re potential refund of Social Security taxes deducted from tax-sheltered annuities, September 29; memos re professional standards plan for probationary appointments, developed by Whitney Point school district, September; memo to Vito DeLeonardis discussing finding alternative approaches to organizing health care workers, noting limited success, September 30; memos re new Rules and Regulations for Protecting the Public Order, adopted by the Schodack Board of Education, banning the wearing of protest buttons and other paraphernalia within a school building, question of violation of constitutional rights, possible faculty action, August; report to Tom Hobart on New York OSHA/Environmental Network meeting, September 8