National Education Association (NEA), 1975-1982

New York Teacher Special Issue, Nov. 21-22, 1975, Verbatim Transcript: NEA President at NYSUT Board (NEA vows war against New York teachers, New Yorkers reject NEA invasion of state, NYSUT pledges to preserve teacher unity); NEA Today December 1982 issue, featuring "Textbooks under Fire"; highly critical and acerbic Report on the 59th Representative Assembly of the National Education Association, July 1- 6, 1980, prepared for officers and staff of the American Federation of Teachers by Peter Laarman, Director of Field Communications, AFT/AFL-CIO; report to NEA Board of Directors by NEA Executive Committee re NEA's relationship with AFL-CIO, May 1982; article, "Teacher Politics," by Chester E. Finn, Jr., in Commentary, vol. 75, no. 2, February 1983, with cover memo from Toni Cortese to NYSUT Board of Directors and management staff, noting article presented an excellent analysis of ideological differences between NEA and AFT, February 10, 1983; Charter of the NEA, with cover memo to AFT president Al Shanker, noting it provided information on the NEA process for amending its governance documents, August 25, 1981; Government Employee Relations Report by Bureau of National Affairs, "Special Report: Teachers and Labor Relations," 1980; invoices for legal services re NEA v. NYSUT; article in Phi Delta Kappan by Stanley M. Elam, "The National Education Association: Political Powerhouse or Paper Tiger?" noting impact of defeat of Jimmy Carter, referencing NEA publication boasting of political power shortly before election, November 1981; issue of NEA Reporter referenced in Kappan article, "'80 Election: Teachers Make the Difference," March 1980; legal memos by NYSUT counsel re applicability of Landrum-Griffin to NEA, February-March 1989; letter (with cover memo) from NEA president John Royer to directors and staff re ethnic-minority guarantees at Representative Assembly, compliance with Landrum-Griffin Act (prohibiting race-based discrimination, including guarantees of representation based on race), March 1 and 9, 1979; Actions of the NEA Executive Committee, January 16-17, 1979, at which contingency funds were approved for a pre-convention conference for minority delegates to the Representative Assembly; Newsday opinion column by James J. Kilpatrick condemning the NEA for failure of educational system, January 31, 1979, with cover sheet to Tom Hobart; issues of Twilight Zone, "An Occasional Report on Bizarre Activities of the National Education Association for AFT Staff and Leadership," April and December 1980