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February 19, 1992. Agenda; correspondence between trustee of NYS Teachers' Retirement System, CEO of Cyprus Minerals Company, Richard Trumka, president of United Mine Workers of America, and AFT re negotiations over health plan, January 1992; statement re Legal Defense Reimbursement Fund, January 31, 1992; confidential 1992 Representative Assembly staff list

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February 4, 1992. Agenda; memorandum of agreement between Sachem Central School District and Sachem Central Teachers Association, with cover letter to NYSUT officers, noting two-year duration and other highlights, February 3; correspondence with attorney for member of Professional Staff Association on stress-related medical leave re return of company vehicle, January-February; thank-you notes

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January 7, 1992. Agenda; travel system analysis; memo to NYSUT officers re justification for filling vacancy in administrative secretary clerical position, January 6; summary of actions of Board of Director's meeting, including item referred to officers re Leadership Development; proposed guest list for 1992 Representative Assembly

Scope and Contents December 17, 1991. Agenda; supplement to Gazette Newspapers ("The Independent Voice of the Capital Region"), Children's News, with cover letter noting premier issue, plan to publish quarterly, October 28; The 1992 Educator's Income Tax Guide, specializing in educational tax deductions: latest tax law revisions, with cover letter from Tom Hobart; letter to NYSUT president Tom Hobart from AFT re proposed public sector mobilization campaign for more federal and state aid to social, education,...

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December 6, 1991. Agenda; agenda for Board of Directors; financial report; memos re staff promotions; agenda for NYSUT RA Planning Committee meeting; related materials re tentative program, speakers; memos re budget economies; report on Americans with Disabilities Act, with cover memo to public employee union leaders from NYS AFL-CIO, November 25; newspaper clippings re Commissioner of Education's proposed revisions to social studies curriculum, stressing contribution of minorities

Scope and Contents November 21, 1991. Agenda; draft press release, "Poll Finds New Yorkers Won't Sacrifice Common Heritage to Promote Differences," re NYSUT poll re Commissioner of Education's proposed changes to social studies curriculum; memo re six- and five-year chronologies of 3020-A hearings for two teachers accused of moral turpitude and insubordination, respectively, with newspaper clipping; legal memorandum re potential joining by NYSUT in lawsuit by New York State School Boards Association against...

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November 7, 1991. Agenda; memos to NYSUT president Tom Hobart re filling communication director's position, starting a media relations program, November 6, October 14; confidential memo from Hobart to Toni Cortese and Herb Magidson re restructuring and strengthening Public Relations Department as a unit in its own right, October 30

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September 20, 1991. Memo to Hobart from Linda Rosenblatt re need for aggressive media relations program, May 4, 1990; United University Professions (UUP) compilation of newspaper clippings; materials re Rochester public relations plan

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November 1, 1991. Memo to Hobart from Linda Rosenblatt re starting a media relations program for NYSUT while maintaining UUP's PR program, October 14, 1991; confidential memos from Hobart to Toni Cortese and Herb Magidson re restructuring and strengthening Public Relations Department as a unit in its own right, October 31 (first draft, October 30); memo to Herb Magidson re support campaign for legislative effort, October 3; newspaper clippings re school aid

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October 25, 1991. Agenda; confidential memo from assistant to the president Tony Bifaro summarizing comments on fiscal future of NYSUT at May 9 Management Meeting, May 17, 1991; related memos; memo re plans for 1992 Representative Assembly (theme, speakers), October 8; list of disaffiliated locals, with cover letter to AFT, October 16