NY State Institution Educators Association, 1968-1972

Letter to president of Civil Service Commission, with attached proposed salary schedule approved unanimously by Coxsackie Chapter of the New York State Institution Educators Association, noting that institution teachers handle the most difficult students, with no pay incentive for longevity or advanced degrees, also noting lack of response from commission, July 18, 1969; letter from association president to members, noting that proposed salary schedule had been sent to Civil Service Commission, and noting that salaries were lower at every point for institutional teachers than for public school teachers, October 25, 1968, with attached minutes of Board of Directors meeting of 10/19/68, criticizing CSEA for poor representation; letter to president of CSEA, urging support with Civil Service Commission for parity with public school teacher, August 8, 1969; PERB decision in matter of County of Fulton and New York State Nurses Association and Civil Services Employees Association that nurses were a separate unit from other employees, with cover memo from attorneys to NYSTA officers G. Howard Goold and Nathan Kullman, April 7, 1969; program for 13th annual convention of NYS Institution Educators Association, May 20, 1968; NYSTA press release announcing convention, with attached list of participants; minutes of NYSIEA Board meeting of January 13, 1968, provided by NYSTA Executive Secretary G. Howard Goold, with attached Statement Submitted by Francis J. Johnston, president, New York State Institutional Educators Association, at the Public Hearing at the Red Room, State Capitol, December 28, 1967, re large disparity in salaries of teachers at state Departments of Correction, Health, Mental Hygiene, and Social Services with teachers at public schools