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...Bozzotto also suggests that while the union leaders were in office, they were closer to Powers than to their membership. Because of this alliance. Powers "never took the union seriously," Bozzotto says. "Powers was playing tennis with the vice-president of the union during negotiations...
When food service workers union boss Domenic M. Bozzotto sits down to negotiate with Harvard, he faces someone whose personal style, as well as his administrative role, differs sharply from his. While Bozzotto likes to publicize his negotiating stance, and sees negotiations in general as an adversarial process. Harvard labor negotiator Edward W. Powers feels that media scrutiny makes contract talks more difficult, and he claims both sides are best served by cooperation between management and labor...
Powers more relaxed view of ideal union-management relations may actually be the cause of some of his conflicts with the union. Powers notes that, in his first meeting--and only meeting to date--with Bozzotto, the union president criticized Power's relationships with former union officials which he believes were too cordial...
Powers says that Bozzotto's belief that these friendly relations compromised the officials' representation of the union is partially responsible for Bozzotto's current hostility...
...fact, Bozzotto admits that he is suspicious of the dedication of two former union leaders who accepted management positions from union employers soon after they were defeated for reelection One of those leaders is former union Vice-President Fred Walden who now holds a management position with Harvard food services...