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University maids and janitors voted four to one for HUERA Wednesday, as they soundly defeated attempts to organize them as AFL affiliates...
...AFL representative Matthew L. McGrath best summed up the general reaction; "It was a very interesting and surprising election," he said. "We concentrated all our efforts on the maids, and yet took a terrible beating there. If we had only spent a little more time talking with the men, we could have won them. We only needed eight more votes...
McGrath said the AFL would not make another attempt to organize local maids and janitors for at least three or four years...
Campaign observers blamed the AFL's attempt to grant Administrative-Vice-President Reynolds an honorary membership as the biggest single reason for the AFL defeat. Reynolds refused the membership and wrote a letter to all maids and janitors repudiating AFL tactics...
When contacted last night, Matthew L. McGrath, New England director of the AFL affiliated Building Service Employees International, lashed out at Reynolds for what he termed "slanting" the letter to the employees. "Mr. Reynolds clearly was not impartial in his position should show strict impartiality." McGarth also denied that the AFL or any other union could call a strike unless the local members wanted...