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United College Employees of the Fashion Institute of Technology (UCE of FIT)

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American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Local 3457 Affiliated with New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) NEA & AFL-CIO The United College Employees of the Fashion Institute of Technology is the oldest higher education union in the nation. The Union plays an instrumental role in shaping the future of FIT while also regarding its history. According to http://www.uce-fit.org/committees.html, "The primary role of the UCE of FIT is to support collective bargaining as a means to strengthen and protect the core principles of due process, academic freedom and shared governance, and to promote the economic security, health, and safety of its membership."

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Judith Parkas interview, 1994 November 10, 1994 November 10

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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.4.20
Scope and Contents Judith Parkas, the Executive Vice President of FIT’s union, discusses her many roles at FIT. In addition to her union work, Parkas was a professor of Biology and Physical Anthropology as well as the project director of the Tech Prep Grant. Over the years, she helped develop and evolve FIT’s curriculum. She discusses the inception of the union and their early contentions with the Board of Trustees. There were also initial difficulties in unifying adjunct and full-time faculty, but Parkas...
Dates: 1994 November 10
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Academic Affairs records / Gladys Marcus Library records / Special Collections and FIT Archive / FIT oral histories collection / FIT 50th Anniversary oral history series, 1994-1996

Linda Tain interview, 2019 April 24, 2019 April 24

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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.10.24
Scope and Contents Alex Joseph, Managing Editor of FIT's Hue Magazine interviews Linda Tain, a long-time professor in FIT's department of Fashion Design. Linda Tain talks first about her childhood, and how her life led towards the fashion industry and FIT. Tain reminisces about some of the students she studied with in the 1950s at FIT, including Antonio Lopez, Randy Fenoli, and others who have influenced her throughout her life, as well as the different teaching techniques from then to now. She then recounts...
Dates: 2019 April 24
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Academic Affairs records / Gladys Marcus Library records / Special Collections and FIT Archive / FIT oral histories collection / FIT Talks oral history series, 2014-

Roberta Elins interview, 2019 May 16, 2019 May 16

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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.10.25
Scope and Contents

Alex Joseph, Managing Editor of FIT's Hue Magazine interviews Roberta Elins, Professor in FIT's Advertising and Marketing Communications program, and President, United College Employees of FIT.

Dates: 2019 May 16
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Academic Affairs records / Gladys Marcus Library records / Special Collections and FIT Archive / FIT oral histories collection / FIT Talks oral history series, 2014-

UCE of FIT records, 1982-2011

 Collection
Identifier: SC.418
Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence, newsletters and Bargaining Agreements pertaining to the operations of the United College Employees of FIT union.

Dates: 1982 - 2011
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive

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