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Members of the Buildings and Grounds Maintenance Association this week-end reaffirmed their pledge to strike the University while members of the Lithographers International (AFL-CIO) settled down for what one member called, "a long, long strike...
...predicted that unless Harvard recognized the Crafts Council soon, the BGMA men would probably go out when it comes time to set up the chairs and other paraphernalia for Commencement. He also predicted that a strike by the 265-member University-wide union would be recognized by all other AFL-CIO unions dealing with Harvard, as well as by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. This recognition, he said, would mean and end to much of the construction work at Harvard and to all deliveries to the University...
...some years these men have felt at a disadvantage in bargaining sessions with Harvard's professional negotiators. Last year they approached a number of unions with professional negotiators to seek an affiliation. In December, 1966, the BGMA-membership voted to affiliate with the Boston Crafts Maintenance Council (AFL-CIO). The vote was overwhelming; the intentions of the membership was clear...
...unions the BGMA rejected, the Buildings Services Employees International (AFL-CIO), has wanted to organize Harvard workers for a long time. It claims that some 15 BGMA members signed cards authorizing it as the bargaining agent. It has yet to produce these cards, but on the basis of its claim Harvard broke off contract negotiations with the BGMA last fall. The University has since refused to recognize the Crafts Maintenance Council as the BGMA's bargaining agent...
Such a strike, if called, would mean an end to most of the groundskeeping, carpentry, plumbing, and electrical work done by Buildings and Grounds. Major construction projects, food deliveries, and the University's dining halls could also be shut down since these are serviced by AFL-CIO labor and the B&G strike would be under AFL-CIO sanction...