Guide to the United Federation of Teachers Oral History Collection, 1975-1995

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Guide to the United Federation of Teachers Oral History Collection, 1975-1995

Guide to the United Federation of Teachers Oral History Collection, 1975-1995

1975-1995

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/tamwag/oh_009/oh_009.html

The United Federation of Teachers is an American Federation of Teachers-affiliated union representing workers in New York City. The union was founded in 1960 following the merger of the Teachers Guild and the High School Teachers Association. In 1985, George Altomare, a founder and Vice-President of the UFT and history teacher, initiated an extensive oral history project to document the history of teacher collective bargaining in New York City. The union hired free-lance oral historian Renee Epstein to conduct the interviews with UFT members, organizers, staff, and officers. The interviews document the activities of the UFT and its predecessor unions, including the Teachers Union and the Teachers Guild. Also discussed are committees and organizing activities within the UFT and its predecessors, such as the Unemployed Teachers Organization, the Anti-War Committee, and the Communist Party's activity within the Teachers Union. Interviewees also reflect upon union leadership and the major strikes of the 1960s and 1970s, including the bitter 1968 Ocean Hill-Brownsville strike over community control.

7 Linear Feet in 2 manuscript boxes, 2 compact disk boxes, and 3.5 cassette boxes

eng, Latn

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives