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...today's election to decide whether the AFL or the HUERA will represent University maids and janitors, Administrative Vice-President Reynolds denounced the AFL for circulating "grossly misleading" statements...
...AFL had intended to present Reynolds with an honorary life membership at a meeting at the Hotel Commander last night for what they termed the "excellent cooperation" he had shown. In a letter to University employees, Reynolds yesterday stated he had no intention of accepting the membership...
...Matthew L. McGrath, New England director of the AFL affiliated Building Service Employees International Association, is also confident. "We are sure to win by at least five to one," he said...
Almost 600 employees are eligible to vote. Informed opinion gives the maids a slight edge towards the AFL but says the janitors will stay with the HUERA. The janitors fear pay losses from a strike if they join the AFL. The maids feel that the possible increased power that an AFL affiliation would give them in their dealings with the University would help them get the higher wages and more rigidly enforced seniority rules that they are now asking. The HUERA is also asking for substantial pay increases...
...AFL Building Service Employees Union is currently bidding to add the University's maids and janitors to its ranks...