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Scope and Contents Copy of United Teachers of Buffalo newsletter Buffalo Teacher front page, featuring article, "How Much Longer Can Buffalo Teachers Afford Ineffective Leadership?" criticizing BTF president Tom Pisa for leading Buffalo teachers out of NYSUT into the "tiny, floundering state organization known as NYEA," with graph comparing Consumer Price Index to salary teacher increases, August 1975- June 1981 (projected), April 1980; Buffalo Public Schools newsletter, outlining superintendent's priorities...

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BTF audit of monies in lieu of services, December 6, 1973; correspondence re financial matters; briefing letter to Toni Cortese and others re Buffalo Teachers Federation and relationship with school district, n.d.

Scope and Contents 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,...

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Constitution of Buffalo Teachers Federation, Inc., as amended January 23, 1975; arbitration agreement between Buffalo Teachers Federation, the Buffalo Board of Education, and Public Employment Relations Board (PERB), commencing September 27, 1976, and expiring June 30, 1978; master contracts between the Board of Education of the City of Buffalo and the Buffalo Teachers Federation, November 1967 (revised January 1971), 1972-73, and July 1, 1973 - June 30, 1976

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List of members of Executive Committee, with addresses, c. 1975-76; agenda for Council of Delegates meeting of February 28, 1974; Executive Committee minutes of April 9, 1975; memo to delegates and alternates re proposed amendments to constitution, February 14, 1974; minutes of Council of Delegates meeting of January 17, 1974; minutes of Executive Committee meeting of June 21, 1973; meeting notices

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Newsletter, BTF Leadership Edition, January 1977; procedures for electing delegates to the Constitutional Convention and 1977 NYEA Convention; meeting notices

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Official publication of the Buffalo Teachers Federation, Inc.

Scope and Contents Confidential envelope with offers of employment, handwritten notes comparing expenses (including salaries) of NYSUT vs. NYEA (minimal); New York Educators Association Tentative Budget Program, 1976-77 Fiscal Year, showing scenarios for minimal program (94 staff) at $65 dues, full program (118 staff) at $65 dues, full program - operating expenses - budget projections, full program - budget and staffing by service function, minimal program - staffing by service function, and revenue analysis;...

Scope and Contents Memo outlining procedure for collection of dues owed to NEA, noting that NYSUT was not yet officially disaffiliated from NEA, as all the necessary steps had not yet been completed, March 29, 1976; letter from NYSUT president Tom Hobart to NEA president John Royer, remarking that his recent communications were most disturbing, clarifying that NYSUT Representative Assembly had not voted to disaffiliate from NEA, only that it removed mandate to affiliate from constitution, March 19, 1976;...

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Membership and Dues Transmittal Procedure Data Processing System, National Education Association, January 1974; Agreement between the NEA and New York State United Teachers Regarding the Collection and Transmission of NEA Dues and Membership Data (unsigned); correspondence between legal and financial officers of NEA and NYSUT