Public Employees Federation, 1982

Biography of PEF president John Kraemer; memo to Hobart re PEF per capita payments to NYSUT/AFT, October 6, 1982; letter from AFT secretary-treasurer to Elizabeth Hoke, congratulating her on her election as president of PEF, July 16, 1982; agreement between PEF and AFT, May 11, 1982, with hand notation re dates of approval; confidential letter from Hoke as candidate for PEF president and from James Sheedy, candidate for secretary-treasurer, to NYSUT counsel Bernard Ashe, and Jerry Sommers, SEIU, re integrity of the election process and security of the ballot, June 10, 1982; newsletter, Union Democracy Review, published by the Association for Union Democracy, May 28, 1982; copy of mailgram sent to PEF president John Kraemer by candidate Elizabeth Hoke, requesting that he convene a meeting of the Executive Board or transmit mailgram to Elections Committee re ballot procedures, 4/27/82; Wall Street Journal clipping re PEF election, noting that PEF Communicator featured president John Kraemer on every page, 5/14/82; letter from Hobart to PEF president John Kraemer, suggesting that Communicator includes news of other unions, especially AFT and SEIU, January 15; letters to PEF secretary-treasurer from PEF trustee Stan Byer, complaining of disorganized member list, requesting verbatim transcript of entire Election Rules and Procedures report at last Executive Board meeting, April 23; letter from Hobart to chair of PEF Ethics and Responsibility Committee re application of Landrum-Griffin Act to NYSUT /AFT, noting that NYSUT expected its affiliates to follow the standards established by the act, including secret ballot, April 13; urgent memo to Hobart from PEF trustee Stan Byer, also chair pro tem of Statewide Coalition for a Democratic Union (SCDU), re RA delegate challenge, March 2; letter to Tom Hobart from the Region 8 chair of the PEF Women's Program, thanking him for speaking at its conference, November 3