American Federation of Teachers. Local 2. Scrapbook, 1960-1962.

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American Federation of Teachers. Local 2. Scrapbook, 1960-1962.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64061805

Scrapbook of collective bargaining history of Local 2 of the American Federation of Teachers.

2 microfilm reels.

Cornell University Library

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Cornell University Library

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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...