Staff Memos: Field Staff, 1971-1973

Memo from Tom Hobart and Al Shanker to all staff re ruling of NY Secretary of State that current name of teachers' union was too confusing with that of the New York Congress of Parents and Teachers, and that name of New York Congress of Teachers would be changed to New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), to be formally approved by Representative Assembly in March, November 20, 1972; memo re special membership category, open to paraprofessionals, part-time teachers (defined as those who work less than half-time), and retired teachers, October 18, 1972; memo to all field staff summarizing actions at September 26 joint administrative/executive committee meeting, with attached procedures for transmittal of dues and membership information, 1972-73 membership procedures and practices, and list of members of Joint Administrative Committee, September 19, 1972; memo to all staff from Tom Hobart, noting that New York State Teachers Association (NYSTA) would become New York Congress of Teachers, with Al Shanker and Hobart as co- chairs, September 11, 1972; memo re NYSTA position on legislative hearings, noting agreement with New York State School Boards Association, but for different reasons, June 28, 1972; memo to all field staff from director Ken Law re selection of Aetna as carrier for tax-sheltered annuities, noting that they seemed more competent and considerate than other insurance companies, May 30, 1972; memo from Ken Law to all field staff re unification progress, May 26, 1972; memo from Ken Law to all field staff re merger agreement between NYSTA and United Teachers of New York into New York Congress of Teachers, May 24, 1972; memo from Ken Law re efforts by school districts to economize by abolishing special subject areas and utilizing BOCES to provide the service, to the detriment of teachers' rights, with memo from Tom Hobart and text of pending legislation to address the issue, May 9, 1972; memo re changes in rules governing Economic Stabilization Act, exempting small employers, including public employers, from wage and price guidelines, May 5, 1972; memo re increase in rates for health insurance, April 28, 1972; memo re referendum on merger to be conducted by American Arbitration Association, official position of NYSTA in favor of merger, April 29, 1972; text of arbitration award in Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES Teachers Association, with cover memo from Robert I. Allen to all field staff re lesson in communication with membership, April 7, 1972; memo re spring membership campaign, May 1, 1972; memo re Pay Board regulations re computation of compensation increases, April 20, 1972; memo re new travel voucher system, April 14, 1972; memo re decision to phase out local association correspondence files and maintain regional office files, April 13, 1972; memo re miscellaneous items re unification, March 29, 1972; memos re salary notices, March 29, 1972; memo re Pay Board ruling, March 24, 1972; memo re associate membership status for allied non- teaching personnel, March 20, 1972; article form Overview, February 1960, re merit rating, with cover memo from Ken Law to all field staff, March 15, 1972; memo re decision by Michigan Employment Relations Commission re agency fee, recommended change for dues deduction forms to avoid similar issue, March 15, 1972; memo re attached legal opinion by State Education Department on sabbatical leave, March 3, 1972; legal memo re use of teaching assistants, February 25, 1982; memo re bargaining for non-professional employees of school districts, February 23, 1972; memo with sample letter for locals that settled during a wage freeze and were seeking retroactive payment of wages, February 18, 1972; related memo, January 21, 1972; memo re organizing non-teaching personnel, February 7, 1972; copy of NYS School Boards Association Negotiation News, with cover memo from Ken Law noting that union's worst fears had been realized, January 21, 1972; list of districts for which agreement and/or salary schedules had not been reported, January 20, 1972; summary of recent PERB decision differentiating between supervisory employees and those that were managerial and confidential, January 17, 1972; memo re agency shop, January 17, 1872; materials re arbitration techniques, January 13, 1972; materials re points of negotiation re managerial-confidential exclusion, protective language against Pay Board disapproval, wage freeze, January 1972; memo re congressional action on wage freeze and retroactivity, December 22, 1971; related memos re bargaining under the wage freeze, November-December 1971; memo from Ken Law to all field staff re new operating procedures for more accountability, initiative, better training, September 24, 1971; memo re salary considerations, after removal of state-mandated teacher salary schedule, October 26, 1971; memo re plans for increasing membership, October 15, 1971; memos re staff training sessions, September-October 1971