Word: anties
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Three thousand students signed a pro-neutrality position paper for the clerical and technical workers union, hundreds of students sported anti-homophobia buttons, and almost every dinner table on campus became the site for debates about final club sexism...
...students who never before attended a divestment rally, last year felt no compunction about taking a stand against sexism or racism or anti-gay discrimination. At times, it was like sticking up for a friend...
...students who never before attended a divestment rally, this year felt no compunction about taking a stand against sexism or racism or anti-gay discrimination. At times, it was like sticking up for a friend...
...professor. But he made a change of heart when it affected his own workforce; the latest example was when he came out against this year's unionization effort. He marshalled an antiunion propaganda machine--writing two antiunion letters himself, sponsoring work-time meetings between administrators and workers, and issuing anti-union pamphlets packed with misleading graphs and partial-truths...
Despite the anti-union campaign--and, in some cases, because of it--a majority of the support staff voted for the union. Yet, the administration jumped in to challenge the verdict. Even though the closeness of the vote may have justified this interference, Harvard's action casts further doubt on its attitude toward workers and their ability to decide their own fate. Such challenges are a common tactic for employers to delay a union's certification and contract negotiations; the University has already dragged out past union election bids for as long as two years--decreasing awareness of the issues...