Buffalo Teachers Federation, 1970-1971

Text of speech given by president Tom Pisa at meeting of BTF Council of Delegates re negotiations with school district, September 17, 1971; handwritten notes re strike, PERB decision; letter to parents from Tom Pisa, president of BTF, faulting mayor for failing to provide local Board of Education with sufficient funds, June 24, 1971; survey of BTF members as to course of action; public relations recommendations; correspondence re participation in NEA-sponsored voter registration drive, December 1970-April 1971; correspondence between executive secretary of New York State Teachers Association (NYSTA) and Tom Pisa as official of NYS Urban Coalition (consisting of presidents of teachers associations in Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse), re purported insensitivity of NYSTA toward needs of urban school districts, January-May, 1971; drafts of memoranda of agreement between BTF and NYSTA