Show COLLEGE PROFS ORGANIZE UNION I I I N. N Y Instructors Cast Lot With American F Federation Federation Federa Federa- tion of Labor L By Associated Press NEW YORK Dec 9 9 Professors and instructors in sixteen New York state universities and colleges have organized a union affiliated with the American Federation of Labor and is issued issued issued is- is sued an invitation to their colleagues to join the organization Associated Teachers' Teachers union local No 71 of the American Federation of Teachers is the official designation of ot the organization organization and invitations to join emphasize emphasize emphasize I size that strikes are specifically prohibited pro pro- in the locals local's constitution 1 I The object of the union as stated in its constitution ls is is to develop the spirit spir spir- I it of democracy in educational Institutions institutions institutions and to provide the machinery for its practical application to Increase the efficiency of ot educational institutions by securing conditions essential to the best professional service to bring teachers everywhere into relations of mutual assistance and cooperation to cooperate with organized labor in raising raising rais raising rais- rais ing the standards and furthering the democratization of the Industrial social and poll political life lite of the community |