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American Federation of Teachers, 1968-1970, undated

 File — Box: 2, folders: 1-9

Contents

Contains American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Local 1352 correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, bulletins, memebership, and administrative documents. Topics include academic attendance and enrollment, grading policy, firing at San Jose State and SF State, pre-conditions for negotiations with Trustees and refusal, post-strike tactics and booklet titled "The Sayings of Chairman Hayakawa." Other materials include flyers and announcements on picket lines, statement supporting BSU and TWLF demands, strike support event by poets Bill Anderson, Elizabeth Bishop, Kay Boyle, Richard Brautigan, Robert Duncan, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Thom Gunn, John Logan, Denise Levertov, Michael McClure, and Muriel Rukeyser. Lists of people accused of illegal acts and affidavit of Morgan Pinney, comparison study of teaching load, mailing list of Trustees and Legislators, department chairs' telegram to George Johns, analysis of student disciplinary procedures, AFT support services for faculty, strike benefits eligibility guidelines, picket instructions, AFT answers to police questioning and Chancellor Dumke's tightened control of the presidential selection committee at San Jose State, correspondence seeking support for the strike to families and faculty by Gary Hawkins President of AFT. Folder 9 contains AFT's membership forms, committees list and structure, resolutions for CFT convention, financial information, report on the new headquarter. Other topics include reinstatement of employees by the State Personnel Board, post strike action program, National Conference for a United Front Against Fascism in America, Senate elections, letter from jail by David Selden AFT National President, campaign for legal defense of 45 Buffalo faculty accused of criminal contempt and trespass, Abraham legal case on retention and promotion policies and procedures at California State Fullerton, students and faculty strike demands, decline of state colleges, employees' suit against University of California Administration for failure to invoke employee safety rule during "state of extreme emergency", faculty grievances for violation of strike settlement, SFSC students' letter to the San Francisco Chronicle about the strike, open letter to Hayakawa from the Executive Committee.

Dates

  • 1968-1970
  • undated

Availability

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 15.37 Cubic Feet (32 boxes, and 1 oversize box) : Box 32 contains two microfilm reels titled "Strike materials, 1968-69".

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives, J. Paul Leonard Library Repository

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