Box 27

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Regional Staff Directors meeting report, n.d., c. 1987; NYSUT 1987- 88 Membership Report, service center summary showing number of locals and members as of January 31, 1988; memos listing meeting dates at various regional offices; materials for fall regional conference, 1987

Scope and Contents Flyer and cover memo from Jim Conti re pesticide hazard workshop, December 14, 1989; material distributed at PERB workshop on unit fragmentation, with cover memo from Jim Conti, September 27, 1989; letter from Jim Conti to the director of the NYS Department of Labor Division of Health and Safety, requesting an investigation into letters of reprimand by the superintendent of the Mechanicville School District against two teachers who brought evidence of asbestos to his attention, December 5,...

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May 5, 1989, Albany Regional Office. Agenda and related materials re meeting with local reaffiliating with NYSUT

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Albany Regional Office, January 10, 1989. Confidential memo re meeting with Grand Island Teachers Association re unsuccessful "work-to-rule" action in which, as a negotiating tactic, all teachers resigned from any extracurricular assignments, which was interpreted by the school district as a strike; related correspondence

Scope and Contents Harvard University Energy and Environmental Policy Center report, "Summary of Symposium on Health Aspects of Exposure to Asbestos in Buildings," August 1989; letter of recommendation from Jim Conti to Cornell ILR Western District Director re potential hire as instructor for labor studies course, December 14, 1989; list of Erie County local presidents; Board of Regents discussion item, follow-up report on occupational education in the large five cities, May 26, with cover memo from NYSUT...

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List of unclaimed accounts of former Buffalo teachers; National Education Association (NEA) materials, including Advocate (NEA-NY), September, and Provocator (Buffalo Teachers Federation), April

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Letters of application for field representative, resumes, and related correspondence

Scope and Contents Memo, "Personnel Management," detailing more than 100% staff turnover at Mt. Pleasant-Blythedale school district in one-year period, 1987-88 (49 out of 43 employees, at least 10 terminated) under superintendent Mariann Berlinger, including profiles of teachers, evaluation histories; correspondence from Berlinger and teachers, documenting minor infractions as reasons for terminations, including chronologies; audit report of Mt. Pleasant-Blthythedale school by State Comptroller, finding...

Scope and Contents Map showing directions to NYSUT Elmsford Regional Office; letter to Jim Conti from Westchester Federation of Visiting Nurses describing terms of successful contract negotiation, December 1; decision and appeal in Rockland County BOCES unemployment case, with cover memo, November 21; related memo, October 25; letter from president of Newburgh Teachers' Association to NYSUT regional staff director, requesting that NYSUT secure the services of a professional insurance advisor to conduct a study...

Scope and Contents Letter from Allegheny Council on Occupational Safety and Health (ALCOSH) to NYSUT Southwestern Regional Office re CCINFOdisk, a compact CD-ROM developed by the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, with attached flyer; memo re results of Jamestown aides election, June 13; memo from Jim Conti to Chuck Santelli requesting a coordinator to meet with nurses formerly employed at Jamestown General Hospital to address negative attitudes about NYSUT and the closure of the hospital, May...