Box 57

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Collection of correspondence between presidents of NYSUT and NEA disputing which organization initiated disaffiliation, 1976; related correspondence with locals, regional service centers, other unions

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Sample letter from Hobart for review by Board of Directors, April 9, 1976; updated versions of letter

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Letter from NEA executive director Terry Herndon to NEA life members in New York, noting lawsuit between NEA "and its former state affiliate," NYSUT; memo from Herndon re NEA policy re life members, September 15, 1976

Scope and Contents Booklets, "You Count with NYEA/NEA: 1976-77 Pocket Planner," "You Count with NYEA/NEA," "Schools Count with NYEA/NEA," "Legal Defense Counts with NYEA/NEA," "Your NYEA Membership Counts"; newsletter, Common Sense, special publication for NEA delegates to the Representative Assembly of the National Education Association, with feature headline, "The New York Disaffiliation: A History of the Underlying Factors," March 19, 1976; flyers, "The Benefits of Joining the NEA" and "Services Immediately...

Scope and Contents Booklets, "NYEA Answers to Your Questions on Continuing NEA Affiliation"; "We're United? /We ARE United!"; "NYEA: Year One"; An NYEA Status Report: NYSUT's 1978 Legislative Program Bills, prepared by the NYEA Division of Governmental Relations and Professional Studies; "Don't be Mythled," criticizing NYSUT's representation of teachers with the state legislature; confidential Report on the 115th Annual Meeting/ 56th Representative Assembly of the National Education Association of the United...

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AFT Intelligence Report, "NEA Slams Door on Paraprofessionals: Hung Up on 'Professionalism' and Paranoia"; related reports; flyer, "NEA Taxes Members to Destroy Unity in New York State"; related flyers

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Flyers and newsletters announcing creation of TAE, affiliated with NYEA/NEA, as alternative to "paternalistic," "shameful" rival organization, referred to only as TTA (Troy Teachers Association?)

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New York Teacher Special Issue, "Verbatim Transcript: NEA President at NYSUT Board: NEA Vows War Against New York Teachers; New Yorkers Reject NEA Invasion of State; NYSUT Pledges to Preserve Teacher Unity," Nov. 21-22, 1975

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Brochures, "AEA Bargaining Priorities for 1977-78"; "What Is a PERB Election?"; AEA Release, featuring statements by local officers in praise of AEA/NEA; other issues of newsletter; memo to teachers from former ATA (Amsterdam Teachers Association?) president, urging a vote for the AEA/NEA, January 19, 1978; Barrett Statement to Amsterdam City Schools Board of Education, October 18, 1977

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Open letter to all Schoharie County teachers, criticizing NYSUT workshops on retirement and press relations as obvious attempts to offset the positive reactions in Cobleskill and Jefferson locals to NYEA; newsletters, Albany UniServ Reporter, 1976; flyers, "Honest Information for Teachers from NYEA Albany Service Center" (lead article: "AFT: Hurting in New York; Dying in Florida; Dead in Hawaii")