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Background information re Hurd (small city schools) bills of interest; memo re NYSUT's legislative goals for 1987; memos to Retirees' Organizing Committee (ROC) re Supplemental Pension Bill, health insurance, and related legislation; memo to Ray Skuse re support activities for Committee of 100 lobbying, February 26; invoices to treasurers of various candidate election committees for phone bank use; memos re Public Employee Conference legislative breakfast

Scope and Contents Materials re Hurd (small city) school aid; correspondence with Retirees' Organizing Committee (ROC) re pharmaceutical assistance program; other monthly legislative updates to ROC; agreement on the use of telephone bank for political calls; phone bank script; letter to members urging vote to re-elect Assembly member Nick Spano; list of names and addresses of Board of Regents; outline of legislative program for 1986; memos to NYSUT Executive Committee re 1986-87 Executive Budget, state aid...

Scope and Contents Updates on Congressional District liaison activities; evaluation of Wharton School management training program; memos re salary legislation for 4201 schools; description of VOTE/COPE award criteria; list of VOTE/COPE contributions by service center 1980-86; memo re VOTE/COPE retiree project; agenda for VOTE/COPE coordinators meeting, November 6; draft letter to local presidents urging support for VOTE/COPE; memo and information re NYS presidential primary; memo re legislation affecting...

Scope and Contents Lists of VOTE/COPE contributions by service center; related correspondence with locals and individuals; document, "Conducting a Successful VOTE/COPE Campaign"; description of Legislative Department; memo to NYSUT legal counsel expressing concern over liability for bus drivers in proposed legislation requiring use of seat belts by students in school buses, May 21, 1986; related correspondence, December 18, 1984; list of VOTE/COPE regional coordinators, with recommendations for reappointment...

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Final document for legislators, "NYSUT Program for Pension Equity"; NYSUT proposed legislation for supplemental retirement allowance, April 18; update on supplemental pension bills, August 18; list of bills of interest that passed both houses, August; memos re Employees' Retirement System consultant training

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1995 Bills of Interest Passed Both Houses as of July 6; memo re implementation of resolutions passed at 1995 Representative Assembly and referred to Legislative Department, August 17; materials re early retirement incentive, supplemental pensions

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Federal Legislative Highlights, first session, 101st Congress, 1989; legislative priorities of NYSUT and AFT in the 101st Congress; Federal Legislative Report; memo from Kafka to legislative director Ray Skuse re new state legislative program items, January 18, 1989; memo re lobbying results against the comprehensive child care bill, October 11, 1989; report on congressional legislative reception, March 22, 1989

Scope and Contents List of votes by individual members of Congress on key issues; resolutions by 1988 NYSUT Representative Assembly, with draft cover letter to AFT director of legislation, urging support; memo re key AFL-CIO legislative issues in 1988, with attached voting record of NY congressional delegation; results of phone bank in Nassau and Suffolk counties re Dukakis/Bush presidential race, November 2, 1988; items included in U.S. Senate 1987-88 voting record; list of NY congressional candidates,...

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Memo re AFL-CIO meeting with representatives of candidates for Democratic nomination for president, December 7, 1987; instructions for obtaining signatures for candidate designating petitions; NYSUT resolutions re federal legislation, with cover letter to AFT Director of Legislation, November 3, 1987; summary of delegate selection process for Democratic nomination; memo detailing proposed expansion of catastrophic coverage by Medicare by House Ways and Means Committee, April 23, 1987

Scope and Contents List of 1986 "Invisible Victories," harmful state legislation successfully blocked by NYSUT; Selected Items from the 1986 Tax Reform Act re Teacher Pensions; 1986 Tax Reform Act and How It Affects Teachers; voting record of Senate and House members for 1985, as reported by AFL-CIO; memo from Kafka reporting lack of cooperation by some members in response to request to make phone calls for Guy Velella special election, April 30, 1986; letters from Kafka to individual members of Congress re...