Box 60

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Minutes of special meeting, legislative program planning, June 7, 1947; Roster of New York State Locals in American Federation of Teachers, 1947; mailing list, 1948-49; constitution adopted at the convention, October 18, 1943, revised as of October 11, 1952; Empire State Federation of Teachers mailing list, 1964-65; NYSTA news release, April 1972; booklets, "Why NYSUT?" October 1981; "This Is NYSUT," March 1982

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Proposed Constitution, New York Congress of Teachers; Merger Agreement between New York State Teachers Association (NYSTA) and United Teachers/New York (UTNY)

Scope and Contents Draft document re merger of NYSTA and UTNY to form NYSUT, August 10, 1982, by Dean Streiff; handwritten note to Steiff, taking issue with his account of merger talks, particularly role of Fred [Lambert?]; Tom Hobart's anti-NEA, anti-affirmative action booklet, "What Price Quotas?" n.d., c. 1973; memo from NYSTA president Tom Hobart to members of the House of Delegates, announcing upcoming meeting of Board of Directors and his intention to ask them to recommend merger with UTNY, April 1,...

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Correspondence between NYSUT legal counsel and the U.S. Department of Labor re question of whether the National Education Association was a labor organization under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, 1973; unattributed document, "Teacher-Unity in New York 1971-1974"; NYSUT publication, "Teacher Unity - Year One: A Report to the Delegates 1974"

Scope and Contents Draft of speech by Dean Steiff to Joint Conference of School Administrators, September 28, 1966; correspondence between Herbert Laise, president, North Nassau Zone, New York State Teachers Association, and Doyle Bortner, chair of the Department of Education, Hofstra College, October 1960; document by New Rochelle Federation of Teachers, "New York City Teachers Retire on Up to 70% of Their Final Salary - Why Can't We???" n.d.; Report on the 1960 Teachers Retirement Convention; document by...

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List of job titles; descriptions for individual positions

Scope and Contents Convention call for 1980 Representative Assembly; proposed resolutions and constitutional amendments; organization charts of AFT and AFL-CIO; NYSUT Constitution as amended by the 1980 Representative Assembly; memo from Dean Streiff to Vito DeLeonardis re preliminary analysis of school-related (non-teacher) membership by locals and regions, with attached chart, November 12, 1980; report, "Integration of New Constituencies into NYSUT Governance," presented to Joint Board of Directors/Managers...

Scope and Contents Remarks of Helena Svmuness at the Board of Directors meeting, December 6, 1980; Solidarity Bulletin, October 1981; letter from AFT president Al Shanker, urging local and state federations to participate in International Day of Solidarity for Polish workers, January 20, 1982; letter from Shanker to AFT leaders re fundraising for Polish workers, September 25, 1980; Statement on the Polish Workers Aid Fund, AFL-CIO General Board meeting, September 4, 1980; press release, "Remarks of AFL-CIO...

Scope and Contents Minutes of fall meeting, c. 1976; agenda for March 12, 1977, and January 15, 1979, meetings; treasurer's report, March 12, 1977; handbook (including constitution and by-laws), 1976; materials re nomination of officers, 1977; Text of Prepared Statement of Thomas Y. Hobart, Jr., President, New York State United Teachers, criticizing Regents proposal to close schools for five weeks in the winter to save energy, March 10, 1977; NYSUT paper, "Curriculum Mandates," prepared by Division of Research...

Scope and Contents Memo from Executive Committee to NEA Board of Directors re relationship with AFL-CIO, May 1982; article from Phi Delta Kappan, "The National Education Association: Political Powerhouse or Paper Tiger?" November 1981; Education Daily newsletter highlighting NEA convention and support for re-election of President Carter, July 8, 1980; NYSU T Management Memo re NEA, "Big Talk, Little Dollars," December 11, 1980; memo to NYSUT president Tom Hobart from NYSUT general counsel Bernard Ashe re draft...