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NYSUT constitution as amended by the 1981 Representative Assembly; description of special services offered to NYSUT members, including legal services

Description of NYC Nursing Expo; newspaper with conference agenda; registration form; negatives taken by Lynn Duggan, Federation of Nurses/UFT, May 28, 1982

Newspaper clippings; cartoon feature from Mad magazine re medical malpractice; program for Marian Male Chorus annual concert dinner, "Musical Americana," May 28, 1983

Article from White Collar Report (Bureau of National Affairs), noting National Academy of Sciences declaration that nursing shortage was over, but that maldistribution of the labor force was a growing problem

Nursing83 Career Directory, featuring profiles of hospitals in New York State

Newsletter

Outline and materials for workshop, "Organizing and the Law," George Meany Labor Studies Center, October 5-6, 1982; document, "Structure and Functions of the OCB," Office of Collective Bargaining, City of New York; document, "Union Soliciting and Distribution in Health Care Facilities"; compilation of notes re health care organizing, March 1981; FNHP forms, "Profile of Organizing Activity" and "Organizing Report Form"

Documents, "Why FNHP/NYSUT," "Organizing and Leading Volunteers," "Are You a Good Listener?" "Dealing with Questions Effectively"; organizing checklist re number of buildings, floors, departments, and other information about a facility; organizer assessment form re name of hospital, number of RNs, NYSNA activity, 1199 activity, and other information

Petitions, motions to intervene, decisions and orders re organizing campaigns by League of Registered Nurses, District 1199, National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees, RWDSU, Federation of Nurses/UFT District Council 37, AFSCME, and other unions; memo to NYSUT officers Vito DeLeonardis and Jim Conti from John O'Leary re organizing activity at municipal hospitals in NYC

Brochures by AFL-CIO, "Hospital Workers: Who Cares about Your Health on the Job?" and "How to Run a Union Meeting"; brochures by Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, "In Search of an Alternative," How Collective Bargaining Works," "Continuing Education"; AFT brochure, "A Salaried Woman Needs a Union. Here's Why"; Statement Adopted by the AFL-CIO Executive Council re Health Care, February 15-22, 1982; document, "Why FNHP/NYSUT"; printout, "Full Listing of 'NYS-HOSP'"