Mid: Hudson Regional Office-Correspondence, 1986

Press statement by NYSUT president Hobart re need for legislation addressing aid to small school districts, December 10; correspondence re dissatisfaction with NYSUT at Dutchess County Community College (Dutchess United Educators), October; text of address delivered to the first annual school conference of the Capital Area School Development Association, "Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the Schools," by Melvin H. Osterman, Jr., July 24, with cover letter from Jim Conti to regional staff directors; memos re training sessions, summer leadership conference, and speaking engagements; memo re proposed reassignment of Greene/Columbia locals from Mid-Hudson to Albany Regional Office, May 2; letter from Hobart to president of the Ichabod Crane Teachers Association, congratulating local for success in electing three candidates for school board by wide margins, June 23; memos re Rhinebeck Lodge for Successful Living, a drug detoxification / rehabilitation facility seeking union representation, January-February 1985; Mid-Hudson Regional Office 1986-87 membership projections, May 12; collective bargaining agreement by and between Board of Education of the Wappingers Central School District and Wappingers Federation of Transit, Custodial, and Maintenance Workers, July 1, 1983, to June 30, 1986; unemployment insurance decision by administrative law judge re teacher at Cairo Durham Central School, issue of reasonable assurance of employment, with cover memo, April 16; regional office request for staff, January 24; summary of AFT assignment to Houston, Texas, February 3; letter from Jim Conti to Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, administrator of the Empire Plan, re concerns about lack of participation by physicians due to low reimbursement rates, with attached letters from Arlington Teachers' Association and Fishkill Obstetrics and Gynecology, detailing far-below customary market reimbursement rates provided by plan for various procedures, March; request for legal consultation for teacher at Ellenville district re whether he should request a 3020a hearing or pursue his case under procedure outlined in the collective bargaining agreement, March 18; resume of applicant for field services representative, February; letter from consultant Martin E. Segal Company re reviewing local benefit plans and trust funds, November 7; memo re staff training needs re negotiation, improper practice filing, February 4; Mid-Hudson School Bell newsletters