Western NY (Buffalo) Regional Office General Info, 1983-1984

List of locals that settled recently, November 21, 1984; President's Report and Provocator newsletters of NEA-affiliated Buffalo Teachers Federation; letter from Al Shanker to Tom Hobart, noting grant of $7000 from AFT to NYSUT, September 10, 1984; agenda for meeting of November 14, 1984, of SRP (School-Related Personnel) Council of Western NY, with attached minutes of meeting of September 19, 1983; summary of summer meetings in E.D. 1. September 14, 1984; letter to information services director, Erie County I BOCES, from several local presidents and E.D. directors, expressing concern over planned Teacher Resource and Computer Training Center, July 20, 1984, with cover memo to local presidents in E.D. 1, 2, and 4; coordinator's report from Ron Uba, November 27, 1984; schedule for "Inside Your Schools" cable program, October 30, 1984; letter from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Western NY re Chautauqua County Medical Benefits Plan rate increase, June 25, 1984; letter from teacher from Amherst Central School System re determination of seniority status vs teacher with identical start date, layoff, September 6, 1984; NY Times clipping re U.S Supreme Court ruling that seniority was higher criterion than race in layoff decisions, June 13, 1984; survey by public opinion research firm Peter D. Hart Associates re attitudes about teaching, with cover memo from Ron Uba re potential use in Buffalo area, March 2, 1984; newsletter of NYSUT Retirees of Western NY, The NYSUT Retiree, with cover letter to local presidents from chair of Retirees Organizing Committee, noting upcoming activities, February 27, 1984; memo re strategies to affiliate the Buffalo Federation of Teachers with NYSUT, January 30, 1984; mailgrams and related correspondence requesting legal assistance from NYSUT for teacher laid off in Cheektowaga-Sloan Central School District, September 1983-January 4, 1984; handwritten notes of December 8, 1983, meeting re organizing efforts in Buffalo; letter from Western NY coordinator Ron Uba to president of Niagara Falls Teachers re recommended response to layoffs, elimination of special teachers, reduced elementary preparation time and resulting increase in duties re special subjects, need for task force and survey, December 13, 1983; memo from Ron Uba to Jim Conti requesting information supporting assertion that NEA was anti-AFL-CIO, in preparation for meeting with Buffalo AFL-CIO Executive Board, December 12, 1983; PERB board decision and order re Cheektowaga-Maryvale Union Free School District and hearing officer's decision that district had violated Taylor Law, September 27, 1978; handwritten notes re Western NY Regional Office staff meetings, November 2 and May 24, 1983; list of NEA locals in eight counties in Western NY, December 8, 1983; notification from Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board that tape of hearing before administrative law judge in Pembroke school district case had been lost and therefore decision was rescinded, and new hearing had to be held, November 16, 1983; materials re upcoming meetings of Industrial Relations Research Association and Retirees Organizing Committee, October 1983; agenda for negotiations and contract enforcement workshop, October 12, 1983; memo to Vito DeLeonardis from R. I. Allen reporting on September 14 staff meeting of Western NY office, September 19, 1983; confidential memo from Jim Conti to Ron Uba, praising his role in Cattaraugus County BOCES representation election, June 24, 1983; similar letters to field staff and president-elect of new local; PERB consent agreement re Cattaraugus BOCES, May 20, 1983; related campaign materials; exchange of memos between Ron Uba and Jim Conti re Sweet Home arbitration award re transfer of teachers, May-June 1983; materials re possible disaffiliation of LeRoy Teachers Association, including flyer promoting NYSUT, May 1983; memo to local presidents from Western NY Board of Directors requesting expressions of support for striking Nurses United, affiliated with Communication Workers of America, AFL-CIO, May 13, 1983