Discipline NYSUT Policies/Past Practice/Reprimand Letters, 1979-1982

Materials outlining due process and progressive discipline for off-premises conduct, tests for reasonableness; picketing guidelines; use of personal leave or vacation days during inclement weather; memo re arbitrator's decision ruling that NYSUT's policy re outside employment was improperly enunciated and unevenly applied, February 20, 1981; confidential memo to general counsels and coordinators re standardizing NYSUT administrative policies, March 6, 1981; letter from executive director Vito DeLeonardis to Charles Caputo, president of the Professional Staff Association, that NYSUT intended to establish a policy that outside employment had to be cleared ahead of time with NYSUT management in order to determine whether a potential conflict of interest existed, January 6, 1982; letter to Caputo from secretary-treasurer Herb Magidson that unauthorized use of a NYSUT vehicle would be cause for dismissal, February 12, 1982; reply from Caputo, disagreeing with policy, February 16; memo from president Tom Hobart to managers re NYSUT policy partially lifting restrictions on air travel, with attached August 10, 1981, resolution urging NYSUT members to honor Professional Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) picket lines, January 8, 1982; memo re NYSUT policy re local union elections in compliance with Landrum-Griffin Act, January 21 and February 3, 1982; letter from Vito DeLeonardis to Robert Gordon, president of Lay Faculty Association, informing him that it was not the policy of NYSUT to defend members in criminal cases not involving incidents on picket lines, February 26, 1982; confidential memo to office managers re time off for Holy Thursday, March 10, 1982; letter from Vito DeLeonardis re NYSUT policy re legal representation, March 11, 1982; fact sheet defining past practice; personal and confidential letters of reprimand to Tony Ficcio, coordinator of NYC office, June 23, 1980, and October 23, 1979, and Ron Peretti, December 21, 1981