Word: anti-union
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Despite the flood of anti-union literature issued by Harvard, despite the anti-union meetings, the administration failed to wield the critical weapons at its command--leaving top officials, supervisors and legal tactics out of the fray...
...ANTI-UNION meetings were voluntary and less tension-filled than in previous elections. They were run by head anti-union strategist Anne Taylor and middle-level administrators, instead of top bosses and immediate supervisors who could have more leverage and more vote-swaying power over employees...
...need not be a supporter of the union to see that Harvard's anti-union literature distorts the facts. In a brochure called "Consider the Facts: Money Matters," Harvard compares its employees' salary increases to other Boston universities and firms and to other universities nationwide. A quick glance at the graph shows Harvard ranking better than other employers...
...these two examples are only par for the course in the anti-union campaign. One untitled chart compares percentage pay increases at Harvard with AFSCME contracts at a group of primarily large state universities. Virtually every state university pay increase listed is smaller than Harvard...
Given the Harvard administration's anti-union disinformation, Bok's statement on neutrality is confusing. Why does he tell students that the anti-union campaign is getting out the facts, when it really obscures them? Why does he bless students with a "thoughtful response" to their concerns, while employees are fed bare-faced propaganda? Does Bok think that employees, not having passed the QRR, would be fooled by his "facts?" Or is he hoping that students will never see the actual union literature...