Coordinator's Reports, 1980

January, 1980. Report from Ray Samson (Rochester) re organizing nurses at Strong Memorial Hospital, NYEA activity, attached correspondence with Rochester Teachers Association, February 4; report from Ron Uba (Western NY) re problems in organizing hospital nurses, February 7; report on UUP from Evelyn Hartman, re concerns over funding of SUNY, February 6; report by John DeGregorio (Suffolk) re runoff election at St. John's Hospital with 1199, competition with 1199 and Teamsters at Brunswick Hospital, negotiations, membership increase, successful workshops, January 30; report from Tony Ficcio (NYC) re LIU Faculty Federation grievances, organizing, February 1; report from Robert G. Klein (Elmsford) re negotiations, organizing at hospitals, collective bargaining election for Mt. Vernon Monitors & Aides, growth in membership, planned workshops, continuing arbitrations and other legal action, January 31; report from Robert J. Allen (North Country) re Potsdam, Plattsburgh, and Watertown negotiations, NYEA activity, organizing, arbitrations and other legal action, workshops, January 28; memo from Leon Lieberman (Albany) re settlements by Albany Public School Non-Instructional Employees Association, Hudson Falls Teachers Association, strike possibility by Mohonasen teachers, workshops, potential problems at several locals, membership growth, January 29; report from Frank Squillace (Syracuse) re organizing Cazenovia custodians, East Syracuse-Minoa secretaries, Syracuse Diocese Lay Faculty, negotiations, NYEA activity, workshops, problems at Onondaga Community College Federation and Onondaga-Madison BOCES Federation of Teachers, press conference with Al Shanker, January 30; report from Chuck Rodgers (Southern Tier) re settlements in Binghamton and Johnson City, other bargaining status reports, organizing, workshops, attached newspaper clippings, Southern Tier Briefs newsletter, January 28; report from Howard Edelman (Nassau) re "disaster" in negotiations at BOCES, organizing Port Washington aides, Baldwin aides, Hicksville, Plainview, Long Island Secretaries, Manhasset Non-Teaching Personnel, turf battles for Catholic teachers, need for new printer for overworked secretarial staff, January 17; Mid-Hudson report from Stan Kern, re successful representation election against NYEA in Saugerties, organizing technical employees at St. Francis Hospital, need for more organizing staff if other locations (Vassar College and Culinary Institute of America) are to be affiliated, February 5; report from Vinnie Grove (Utica) re rejection of contract by Westmoreland Board of Education, Improper Practice charge, organizing, NYEA activity, February 5