Joel Shufro Papers 1971-1977

Shufro, Joel A., 1943-

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Joel Shufro, director of the New York State Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH), was an instructor at the Empire State College of the State University of New York, Center for Labor Studies (Labor College) from 1971 through 1977. He was an officer of the faculty union, which had first organized as the Senate Professional Association and had then merged in 1973 with the United University Professions, Inc. Shufro also served on the Academic Personnel Committee of the college. The m...

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Local 3 (New York, N.Y.).

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Empire State College. Center for Labor Studies.

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United University Professions (Association : N.Y.)

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New York (State). Public Employment Relations Board

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CURRENT FUNCTIONS. The Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) is responsible for assisting in resolving labor-relations disputes between public-employee organizations and agencies of State and local government and school districts. PERB provides mediation, fact-finding, and arbitration services in disputes over contract agreements; it settles questions of union representation; and it hears charges of improper practices by public employers, employees, and employee organizations. ...

New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health

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The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, established rules and regulations governing health and safety standards in American workplaces. In the mid-seventies, the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) funded several educational programs under the auspices of Cornell University's Labor Studies Program. These programs increased health and safety consciousness among health care professionals. Out of these programs, a group of individuals organized NYCOSH i...