Teachers’ unions -- New York (State)

Scope and Contents 1973-2005. Majority of materials cover 1990s, some 1980s. Contents include issues briefing materials for lobbying days by Committee of 100, members of NYSUT, including retirees, who volunteered to lobby legislators in Albany; voter registration and issues flyers by VOTE/COPE (Committee on Political Education), the political action committee of NYSUT; recommendations for candidate endorsements and related background materials (research on voting records, summaries of key legislation);...

Abstract NYSUT's field service operation provided ongoing assistance to local teachers associations throughout the state. The department was divided into several geographic regional offices, and field representatives associated with each office were assigned to school districts within the area. Assistance focused primarily on contract negotiations and grievances, which frequently involved arbitration and close cooperation with the NYSUT Legal Department. These are the files of the NYSUT Mid-Hudson...

Scope and Contents Covers the period 1976-1994. The NYS Special Task Force on Equity and Excellence in Education (also known as the Rubin Commission or Rubin Task Force, named for its chairman, Max J. Rubin) was created to make recommendations for a state aid formula that would more fairly fund school districts, taking into account the great disparities in local wealth throughout the state. Materials in this collection focus mostly on the NYSUT committee that tracked the task force's work, the NYSUT Commission...

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Covers Public Relations Department files 1983-1998. Final print copies of Bottom Line newsletter for local leaders, and background production materials; production worksheets for public service announcements and video segments for "Inside Your Schools" cable series addressing educational issues such as teacher shortage

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Speeches at Representative Assembly and other events featuring President Bill Clinton, U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, Andrew Cuomo, and other elected officials; NYSUT presidents Richard Ianuzzi and Tom Hobart; vice presidents Maria Neira and Antonia Cortese; Al Shanker, Randi Weingarten, Sandra Feldman, and other officers, 1985-2006

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1972-1996. Contents are mostly files of staff consultant James Kiepper, whose fee was paid by NYSUT (copies of checks included). Records include voluminous handwritten notes by Kiepper, TECB newsletters and background production materials, meeting agendas and minutes, testimony at Regents hearings, and policy papers on teacher education.

Abstract As vice president of New York State United Teachers, Maria Neira oversees the union's initiatives on educational policy and is NYSUT's frontline advocate to the New York State Board of Regents and the State Education Department. At her direction, the NYSUT Education & Learning Trust, the union's professional development arm, has strengthened and expanded educational opportunities for teachers and other school staff. Neira was appointed by President Obama to serve on the President's...