Word: afl
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Thomas F. Stone, president of the Harvard University Employees Association, charged yesterday that AFL organizers are attempting to mislead University employees by claiming victories in jurisdictional elections at the bindery and Department of Athletics...
...several employee groups have withdrawn from the HUERA within the past few years. Just this month the bindery workers voted to join an AFL craft union, and employees of the Department of Athletics would enter Local 254, if the State Labor Relations Board upholds the Local's protest on two decisive votes cast in a jurisdictional election...
...AFL organizers have built their campaign around charges that the company union has represented its members ineffectively. As a result, they claim, the University has fallen behind MIT (whose employees belong to Local 254) in wages, working conditions, and fringe benefits...
...University has followed a policy of strict neutrality during the AFL campaign. "We prefer that they remain neutral," Sullivan says, adding that his Local is neutral toward the University. "You can't call a guy a bum, and then go in and ask him for raises," he explains...
...size of the Local's coffers and the salaries of its officers and staff are a bone of contention for many prospective members. HUERA dues are only 25 cents per month, while Local 254 charges its members $2.50 monthly. "We'd have to get a lot back from the AFL to make up for what we would be losing," says HUERA Treasurer Standing...