Box 34

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October 11-13, Kiamesha Lake, NY. Proposed Amendments to the Constitution of the New York State Public Employees Federation, AFL-CIO, prepared for the Third Annual Convention, October 12-14, 1981; Executive Board Proposed Agenda, October 11, 1981; letter to PEF president Kraemer from PS&T United chair accusing him of McCarthyism in attacking the group's challenge for representation, September 14, 1981, related newspaper clipping; reactions to PEF field services staff workshop, June 25

Scope and Contents Steward Manual and cover letter, November 2, 1981; memo re PEF support for PATCO (Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization) strike, August 13, 1981; brief summary of purpose and goals of Women's Program; newspaper clippings; letter from individual in Buffalo objecting with "disgust and repugnance" to standard labor salutation, "Dear Brothers and Sisters," in a letter from PEF president Kraemer, September 15; newsletter of Statewide Coalition for a Democratic Union (SCDU), calling...

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PEF Steward News, Newsletter of Statewide Coalition for a Democratic Union (SCDU), PEF press releases

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Correspondence re teacher at West Seneca Developmental Center on extended probation, later fired for using office copier for union activity, attempts to have him reinstated, dispute with PEF and NYSUT over legal representation of case

Scope and Contents Minutes of December 3, 1980, Review Committee meeting; confidential memo from Jim Conti, director of NYSUT Field Service Operations, to chair of the PEF Review Committee, to discuss services by NYSUT available to PEF, January 15, 1981; proposed PEF organization charts, January 7 and 20, 1981; memo to PEF Review Committee from Elizabeth Hoke, regional coordinator, Region 9, re her perspective of duties, with handwritten, highly negative comments in the margins, November 11, 1980; agenda for...

Scope and Contents Minutes of Executive Board meetings of February 20, October 12, and November 5, 1980, November 7, 1979; proposed model constitution for divisions, guidelines, application forms; PEF affirmative action policy; Resolution on the Italian Earthquake, relief efforts; materials re membership benefits program; newspaper clippings re PEF president John Kraemer as target of no-show probe, union criticism of Gov. Carey's Labor Department commissioner appointment as "absolutely unfit," other issues;...

Scope and Contents Rate sheet for ads in various newspapers; open letters (text of ad?) to all PEF members, Governor Carey, legislators, re contract negotiations, c. August; letter to PERB re breakdown of mediation process, July 31; letters from PEF president Kraemer to PEF leadership re contract negotiations, March-July; "How a Bill Becomes a Law," flowchart by New York State AFL-CIO Legislative Department; New York State AFL-CIO 1977-78 Labor Voting Record for Senate and Assembly; monthly legislative report...