Oral histories, 1986-1987.

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Oral histories, 1986-1987.

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The collection consists of interviews with AFT members, staff people, and officers, with a concentration on union activities in the 1950s and 1960s. Interviewees were active in many areas around the country, but mostly in New York City, Michigan, Chicago, and other East Coast cities. Topics represented here include the role of women in the AFT, the Civil Rights movement and minorities within the AFT, opinions of past and present union leaders, the 1960 merger of New York City locals, and the Progressive Caucus. Interviewees include David Elsila, editor of The American Teacher (1965-66), and David Selden, past president of the AFT. Outline summaries exist for most of the interviews.

63 cassettes.

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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...

Selden, David

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David Selden, Jr. was a 19th-century merchant in Haddam, Conn. From the description of David Selden papers, 1804-1814. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122534518 ...

Elsila, Dave

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