Word: cards
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With this move, the union gives only certain workers a voice. It discounts the voices of those who voted for the union, but were scared to sign a union card before the election. It excludes union supporters who came to work at Harvard after the union was voted in. It is a slap in the face to 'no' votes, a signal that their voieces will not be heard. The informal transitional meetings are the first chance the newly unionized workers will get to tell the administration about their goals, and although no official decisions will be made at the meetings...
Though students may receive a "NC"--No Credit--on their quarterly report card for a failed course, all record of the course is expunged from the student's permanent transcript...
Alexander Pak, as the obsequious sub-angel responsible for the mix-up, cringes and whines in just enough of an English accent to suggest a salesman at Harrod's in the presence of a gold card. Slippery and oh so discreet, he makes an hilarious foil for Ducey's bull-in-a-chinashop Bostonian...
...week of the election, my organizer met with me and explained that I would not be able to vote myself, as I had begun working after last spring's election and had not yet had an opportunity to sign a membership card...
...didn't feel upset about not being able to vote in this one election-I signed a union card today and will cast a ballot for the negotiating committee that will shape our contract and later for the leadership that will guide our union. Barry Glunt Harvard Medical School