Box 17

Scope and Contents Text of speech by Robert A. Georgine, president, Building & Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, before the Eastern Seaboard Apprenticeship Conference, opposing school-to-work training as intellectually limiting for young students and poor substitute for apprenticeship training, with handwritten notations rebutting objections, June 10, 1996; The Builders, newsletter of the Building and Construction Trades Department, with column by Georgine opposing school-to-work training, July...

Scope and Contents February 7, 1994. List of task force members; copy of article from Education Week re attempts to overhaul school-to-work programs nationally, poor job prospects of high school graduates, February 26; AFT draft resolution on the transition from school to work; published notice of School-to-Work Opportunities State Implementation Grants Program in Federal Register, February 3, 1994; text of legislation and summary, School to Work Opportunities Act; outline of grants to be made under the act;...

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July 8, 1993. Washington, D.C. Report, "Consensus Framework for Workplace Readiness Assessment," Council of Chief State School Officers Workplace Readiness Assessment Consortium; memo from Sandra Feldman, president, United Federation of Teachers, re AFT response to Department of Labor and Department of Education draft legislation re School-to-Work, July 1

Scope and Contents Sept. 8-10, 1993. Baltimore, MD. Conference program; paper, "School-to-Work Transition: A Labor Perspective," by Paul F. Cole, secretary-treasurer, AFL-CIO; U.S Dept. of Education and Dept. of Labor legislative fact sheet on School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1993; text of bill; Q&A sheet re school-to-work transition programs; policy paper, "Essential Elements of Youth Apprenticeship Programs: A Preliminary Outline, " prepared for Jobs for the Future, Inc., September 1991; related...

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Letter to chairman of Corning Glass Works from chairman and CEO of Philip Morris as member of Executive Committee of New York State Business Council

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Fact sheet and tentative schedule, July 12, 1991, for event in Washington, D.C., August 31; talking points; bumper stickers; NYSUT press release; special issue of AFL-CIO News; handwritten notes; letter from the League for Industrial Democracy, August 13, 1991; related correspondence

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October 13, 1995 . Program description, Teachers College, Columbia University NYC; related correspondence; handwritten notes

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April 5, 1991. University at Albany. Program; invitation and related correspondence

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Legal memoranda of opinion re teachers seeking pension service credits for leave taken under old discriminatory maternity leave policy in New York City and Nassau and Suffolk Counties, February 6

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Covers the period roughly corresponding to Tom Hobart's presidency, 1982-2004, with some files from the 1970s and a few as early as 1831. Documents Hobart's activities on the NYSUT Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Administrative Committee, officers' meetings, NY Special Olympics Board of Directors, international trips, and correspondence.