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Scope and Contents Constitution and Bylaws; agreement between AFT, SEIU, and PEF, with cover letter from AFT secretary-treasurer to NYSUT president Tom Hobart, December 6, 1979; list of PEF Executive Board members, January 23, 1980; PEF application for charter by the AFT, January 18, 1980; resolution by NYSUT Board of Directors approving the affiliation of Public Employees Federation with AFT and SEIU; letter to Hobart from PEF president, describing intransigence of Governor's Office of Employee Relations in...

Scope and Contents Memo to NYSUT officers discussing models of affiliation for PEF, November 13, 1978; PERB decision and order re PEF certification, with cover memo to NYSUT officers, September 28, 1978; memo from Tom Hobart to NYSUT Board of Directors with attached certification of PEF by PERB, September 28, 1978; NYSUT press release re certification, September 28, 1978; NYSUT press release, "PEF to Launch Appeal," in arbitrator's decision that PEF raided CSEA (in violation of Article XX of AFL-CIO bylaws),...

Scope and Contents Brief before the Impartial Umpire under the AFL-CIO Internal Disputes Plan, in the matter between AFSCME and PEF: determination re New York State Employees (Professional, Scientific and Technical Unit), July 19, 1978; analysis of decision; PERB decision of director in the matter of State of New York Office of Employee Relations and PEF, and CSEA; NYSUT press release, "PEF to Launch Appeal," July 28, 1978; collection of newspaper clippings; memo to Tom Hobart reporting on meeting with SEIU re...

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April 25, 1978. Agenda re PEF election, Article XX (raiding) charges against PEF; text of AFL-CIO Policy on Affiliation of Independent Units, 1974; telegram to George Meany, president, AFL-CIO, from George Hardy , international president, SEIU, and Al Shanker, president, AFT, re Article XX charges, April 24, 1978

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May 2, 1978. Memo to Tom Hobart reporting on meeting with SEIU re PEF, with attached PEF budget, May 8, 1978; agenda for May 2 meeting; newsletter, PEF Communicator, urging vote for PEF, March 1978; newsletter, PEF Communicator, announcing PEF win, April 1978; New York Times clipping re raiding dispute

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April 1978. CSEA Constitution and By-laws; handwritten notes, 4/24/78; confidential memo to Tom Hobart from Jim Conti, updating on implementation of PEF, April 17, 1978; confidential memo to Tom Hobart from Jim Conti, outlining staffing arrangement and budget for PEF, April 17, 1978; related memos

Scope and Contents April 1978. Agreement between the State of New York and the Civil Service Employees Association Professional Scientific & Technical Services Unite, 1973-76; newspaper clippings; memos from Jim Conti to Tom Hobart re PEF updates; memo to Hobart and Al Shanker re transfer of power from CSEA to PEF, April 13, 1978; PEF job group breakout showing number of employees in each title; Improper Practice Decision; PERB hearing officer's decision in the matter of State of New York and PEF and CSEA;...

Scope and Contents Report by State of New York Commission of Investigation, "Personnel Abuses at the Department of Labor," July 1979; PEF newsclips, newsletters, and press releases; memo from NYSUT general counsel James Sandner to Al Shanker, Tom Hobart, and other NYSUT officials re PEF escrow account, June 12, 1979; memo from Sandner re PEF recent court decision, April 16, 1979; text of court opinion; lengthy legal memo re proposed PEF constitution and agreement between AFT, SEIU and PEF, May 4, 1979; drafts...

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PEF informational brochure; membership benefits literature; Constitution and Bylaws; analysis of PEF constitution and bylaws as they related to agreement between AFT, SEIU, and PEF, January 23, 1980; legal briefs in NYS Court of Appeals, CSEA vs. PERB, PEF et al.; NYSUT Newsclip Briefs; correspondence

Scope and Contents PEF 1982 contract demands; handwritten notes/outline of agenda, October 14, 1981; Items and Topics to be Considered for Agenda in Meeting with SEIU Leadership and [PEF president] Kraemer; confidential materials, including meeting agendas, memo from NYSUT director Jim Conti to president Tom Hobart, noting mistrust of NYSUT within PEF, November 6, 1981; 1981 PEF Annual Report, from PEF executive director to PEF president John Kraemer, October 9, 1981; materials by Statewide Coalition for a...