Guide to the United Federation of Teachers Records, 1916-2007

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Guide to the United Federation of Teachers Records, 1916-2007

1916-2007

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The United Federation of Teachers (American Federation of Teachers, Local 2) represents public school teachers and associated personnel in New York City. It was formed in 1960 as a result of a merger between the Teachers Guild and the High School Teachers Association. Included in this collection are records of the UFT's two predecessor unions, the Teachers Union of the City of New York and the Teachers Guild. The main body of UFT records documents the administrations of the UFT's first three presidents, Charles Cogen, who served from 1960 to 1964, Albert Shanker, 1964 to 1986, and Sandra Feldman, 1986-1997. The collection also includes extensive staff and administrative files, records of the Grievance Department, the More Effective Schools Program and the Teacher Centers Consortium, websites, and subject files covering all aspects of UFT activity and a broad range of issues of concern to the union.

324 Linear Feet (325 boxes)

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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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Cogen, Charles, 1903-

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Beagle, Simon.

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Espaillat, Edwin

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Feldman, Sandra

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Blum, William.

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Roth, Gladys.

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Altomare, George

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New York State United Teachers

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Shanker, Albert

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American Federation of Teachers

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Joyce Wheeler was a member of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), a national teachers' labor union founded in 1900. She was particularly active in the United Action Caucus (UAC), a rank and file organization within the AFT. The UAC took stands on various issues within the American educational system, supported progressive politics in general, and campaigned for internal democracy within the AFT. Members of the Communist Party USA are thought to have played an important role in the UAC. Wh...

Levine, Sol, 1922-

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Sol Levine, 1922-1996, BA, Queen's College; PhD, New York University; was director of the Social Science Program at the Harvard School of Public Health from 1963 to 1968 before leaving for academic appointments at Johns Hopkins' School of Hygiene and Public Health and Boston University's Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Levine returned to Harvard School of Public Health in 1990 as Professor of Health Behavior and served as interim chair of the Department of Health and Social Behavio...

Hoenig, Leo

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Simonson, Rebecca.

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Shapiro, Morris.

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Teachers Guild.

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Teachers' Union of the City of New York

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The Teachers' Union of New York City (TU) was known as one of the country's most militant and influential teachers' organizations. It consistently addressed not only issues of salaries and pensions for its members, but also broader social concerns, from educational reforms to racial justice and international relations. From the description of Minutes [microform], 1918-1942. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 590661999 From the description of Minutes of the Executive ...

Fesko, George.

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DiLorenzo, Jeannette

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United Federation of Teachers

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The Teachers' Union (TU) of New York City was organized in 1916 and chartered as Local 5 of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). Although constrained by the AFT's no-strike pledge, laws against strikes by public employees, the authoritarian and paternalistic policies of the Board of Education, and the resistance of many teachers to trade-union appeals, the Teacher' Union soon won a reputation for militancy. The Teachers' Union not only addressed the bread and butter issues of salaries, pen...

Rosenfield, Neil.

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Cooper-Kemble, Eugenia

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