Box 6

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Agreement between Beekman Downtown Hospital and Registered Nurses' Association, with cover letter to members from local president; list of RN benefits

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Contractual Agreement between Benjamin Rush Center and Benjamin Rush Employees United, NYSUT, AFT, AFL-CIO, 7/15/82-9/15/84; contractual proposal, 9/15/84-9/15/86; letter to NYSUT director of organizing John O'Leary, expressing concern that decertification would be attempted because of high turnover in local leadership and uncertainty about ownership, March 9, 1984;

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Correspondence from Lynn Duggan, Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals; organizing flyers; hospital financial statement (Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax), 1983 and 1985; mailing labels

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Dues checks and representation cards; letters from management; hospital grievance appeals procedure; hospital financial statement (Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax), 1982

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Files cover organizing activities from 1972 through 1989 by Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, an affiliate of NYSUT, and its counterpart in New York City, Federation of Nurses UFT. This was the peak period of organizing activity for these AFT unions, concentrated mainly in the New York City and Long Island metropolitan area but also including some medical centers, nursing homes/rehabilitation centers, and independent visiting nurse service agencies as far flung as Plattsburgh,...

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Organizing flyers; list of organizing committee members; NLRB tally of ballots for FNHP, NYS Nurses Association, and Teamsters, August 4, 1988

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Hospital brochures for nurses, patients, and general audiences

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Brochures for Visiting Nurse Association of Brooklyn, Inc.; health and dental care benefits summary; newsletter

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Brochure by Broome United Nurses Association (FNHP), "Union Dues and Union Membership: The Truth of the Matter"; BUNA newsletter; memo to NYSUT director of organizing John O'Leary re Wilson Hospital organizing, January 10, 1983; organizing flyers; anti-union flyers by Hospital Employees Against Labor Trouble Here (HEALTH); FNHP glossy brochure; authorization cards; newspaper clippings; NLRB decision and direction of election, September 23, 1986

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Nurse recruitment brochure for the Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens, Inc.; letter from personnel department as follow-up to job fair