Word: cio
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...union's officers notified the membership over the weekend to report this morning for picket duty. According to BGMA officers, the strike was called because of Harvard's "refusal to bargain with the BGMA's [collective bargaining] representatives, the Boston Crafts Maintenance Council (AFL-CIO...
Since the strike is being backed by an AFL-CIO affiliate, the University's cooks and serving ladies, all of whom are AFL-CIO members, normally would respect the picket lines. However, because most of the dining halls are closing tomorrow, the BGMA does not expect the kitchen personnel to respect the picket lines...
Members of the Buildings and Grounds Maintenance Association this week-end reaffirmed their pledge to strike the University while members of the Lithographers International (AFL-CIO) settled down for what one member called, "a long, long strike...
...that unless Harvard recognized the Crafts Council soon, the BGMA men would probably go out when it comes time to set up the chairs and other paraphernalia for Commencement. He also predicted that a strike by the 265-member University-wide union would be recognized by all other AFL-CIO unions dealing with Harvard, as well as by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. This recognition, he said, would mean and end to much of the construction work at Harvard and to all deliveries to the University...
...unions the BGMA rejected, the Buildings Services Employees International (AFL-CIO), has wanted to organize Harvard workers for a long time. It claims that some 15 BGMA members signed cards authorizing it as the bargaining agent. It has yet to produce these cards, but on the basis of its claim Harvard broke off contract negotiations with the BGMA last fall. The University has since refused to recognize the Crafts Maintenance Council as the BGMA's bargaining agent...