Word: againsts
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All six professors have been active in the faculty union or on faculty committees, and several have been strongly critical of B.U. President John R. Silber. There is little doubt that the proceedings against the professors are a cheap attempt at retribution and at intimidating the university community.
It is ludicrous to contend, as the administration does, that this constitutes "gross neglect of duties or other just cause," as is required in the faculty contract for firing professors. Such a stance by the university only serves to inflame tensions and provoke hostilities. Moreover, it is but one more...
Peoples filed a grievance against the UHS management a month ago, charging it with harassment and attempts to remove him from his job before he becomes active in contract negotiations between Harvard and Local 26 in April, 1980. Peoples will retire in February.
When Peoples filed the grievance, Edward B. Childs, chief steward in Adams House dining hall, said that the UHS management complaints against Peoples were insignificant and that he believed they resulted from Peoples' labor activity. Childs was unavailable for comment yesterday.
Peoples charges against UHS management are "ridiculous," Edward W. Powers, associate general counsel for employee relations, said yesterday. As chief negotiator for Harvard, Powers added he has no reason to remove Peoples from his job three months before his scheduled retirement.