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Box 2

 Container

Contains 137 Results:

Unkindest cut of all, 1960

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 77
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October 15, 1960. An axe labeled budget cuts splits two buildings, the building on the right "building proposal" and the building on the left, "new school"

Dates: 1960

Take a Giant Step, 1954

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 78
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February 20, 1954. A man steps from NYC to Albany with a paper in his hand reading "40,000 United Teachers"

Dates: 1954

Another Proud Achievement, 1955

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 79
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October 08, 1955. The printer is holding the latest achievement of the Teacher's Union's Teacher News publication: An Italian-American Supplement to add to the special issues for Negro History Week and the Jewish Tercentenary, in addition to the Puerto Rican Day Supplement, the Primer for New Teachers and the Pension Primer.

Dates: 1955

Strengthening Democracy, 1950

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 80
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February 11, 1950. Board of Education official holds rifle in hand and points to signature line underneath the words "I hereby volunteer-"

Dates: 1950

Time for a New Suit, 1961

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 81
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January 07, 1961. A teacher stands before the 1961 Budget Planners wearing a coat held together with "A lick," "A promise," Patch-work Raise, 1957" etc

Dates: 1961

Baseball scoreboard announces major successes for Teacher Union, 1960

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 82
Scope and Contents April 30, 1960. "Budget Brief at City Hall," "Educational Conference at Waldorf-Astoria," "Victory in Ayman-Greenwood Suit Wins 60 Million for Teachers." Coincident with the opening of the baseball season, the school spring season opens with three important Teachers Union achievements: The budget brief presented to City Hall, the highly successful Annual Educational Conference at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, and its outstanding victory in winning $60 million in pension increases for teachers...
Dates: 1960

Man next to marquee reading BD. of ED. meets today. Agenda: Afternoon: hearing on teachers salary. Evening: Adopt salary schedule (Quick work!)

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 84
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Drawings depicting issues facing teachers and teachers' unions including anti-Communist struggles, and issues of employment, pay, facilities, and government aid to schools.

Dates: 1900-1962

Two birds on a branch over a nest. Birds are labeled more city funds and more state aid funds., 1962

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 85
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January 20, 1962. Two eggs in a nest below them are labeled "Schinnerer Report" and "Superintendents and Examiners recommendations".

Dates: 1962

Dont Let it Happen, 1960

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 86
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March 26, 1960. Two men stand next to a large covered platter marked "salary raise". One says "This much for me" with arms spread wide. The other says the same, spreading his arms wide. The first lifts the cover to reveal a tiny amount to be divided. (In three frames) Teachers are urged not to fight among themselves for the greater share of the pittance of a wage increase offered them.

Dates: 1960