{"value"=>"<p>Cory was the chief negotiator and labor relations officer for NYPL with the new union, organized in 1968 as Local 1930 of District Council 37. The papers narrate a movement by the librarians and technical staff for unionization, which began in the 1960s, and subsequent negotiations, bargaining, and grievances between the Directors' office and the union from 1968 to 1978. Papers also describe the establishment of an agency shop at NYPL. These records document early efforts at unionization by NYPL librarians and technical staff as well as the setting up of Local 1930 and its correspondence dealing with union-employer controversies. NYPL internal discussions on the union and negotiations, bargaining, grievance procedures and contracts between the NYPL and the union to 1973 are included. The papers include contracts, handwritten notes, confidential memoranda and minutes of negotiation conferences, minutes of bargaining sessions, reports, proposals, correspondence, agreements, newspaper clippings, and leaflets.</p>"}