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...committee's rejection of Southern, along with its refusal to grant her an extension, prompted Wright to file the complaint with the EEOC and to consider suing the university, Winston D. Kendall, Wright's attorney, said in April. He added that Wright would not alter her original choice of Southern to serve on the grievance committee...
Shortly after the department's vote, Skocpol filed a complaint under the Faculty of Arts and Sciences' formal grievance procedure, charging the Sociology Department with sex discrimination in her case. A three-member Faculty panel met several times during the late fall and winter to hear testimony from Skocpol and members of the department. After weeks of deliberation, the panel released a report in which two members concluded that sex discrimination influenced the department's decision. The committee distinguished in its report between overt sexism--which all members agreed they had not found--and institutional sex discrimination. It also recommended...
...Kennedy School became the focus of an affirmative action-related controversy early in the year, when a national women's group filed a complaint against the school with the Labor Department, charging that the school has ignored federal affirmative action guidelines. The Women's Equity Action League (WEAL) also charged that the K-School had failed to adequately advertise faculty openings in minority-and women-oriented publications. The Labor Department report found the WEAL complaint "not without merit," according to the source...
There is also worry that other non-tangible goals have been trampled under foot while the school has hastily pushed towards measurable progress. A complaint, lodged last October by a national women's organization, focused attention for the first time on the school's dearth of women and minority faculty and students. Hale Champion, executive dean of the K-School, says that officials themselves are not pleased with the racial and sex diversity of the school, but he defends its commitment to affirmative action...
...Society suffered major setbacks this year. In April, Medical Area workers rejected the bid of District 65, United Auto Workers, to represent them in their future dealings with Harvard--a major blow to the union's seven-year organizing effort. The day after the vote, District 65 field a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), charging that Harvard engaged in unfair labor practices that influenced the outcome of the vote...