Word: contract
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Harvard Police Association, representing the 43 uniformed officers, successfully used the all-time low police morale as a major bargaining chip in their prolonged contract talks. This year promises to be different; the changes once viewed as the machinations of one police chief are now firmly embeded institutional realities, morale is better, a new police chief has ushered in many of the extralegal union demands made three years ago. And with a full-fledged recession in gear and spiraling inflation, this is simply not a good year for extracting more than 7 per cent wage hikes and better benefits...
...with Harvard. The age-old gripes persist, but they are mostly issues that confront all the 1000 or so unionized Harvard employees, and they are hardly ever solved at the bargaining table. The police union has yet to meet to discuss the demands they will present Harvard when their contract expires December 31, but job security will undoubtedly be one of their major bargaining points. In the last nine years the number of uniformed policemen has declined from 60 to 41 as the force has taken on a more administrative and computer-oriented style...
...issue is even more complex for the union, which sees its base steadily eroding. Neither watchman nor security guards are members of the union. At the same time, the union demand for more equitable promotions within the department has backfired, weakening its position still further. Before the last contract negotiations, the police charged that the few times Gorski promoted officers he chose them arbitrarily. The union contended that the lack of equity, internal communication and job security had severely damaged police morale, and demanded that the University correct the situation before it renegotiated a contract...
...professionalism is unquestionably here to stay, and with the department's efforts to implement the Howland report recommendations, the union is left to concentrate on higher wages and better benefits in the upcoming contract negotiations. Despite the police budget of over $2 million, the administration will undoubtedly consider a wage hike that even approximates the rate of inflation unthinkable. As Daniel Steiner '54, general counsel for the University, says, "We're all in a tough position. Inflation is hitting all of us and our resources are just not increasing...
...major issues in the contract renewal talks are protection of retired workers against inflation, more paid time off, and wages. A union source said yesterday he expected the company to offer a "total package" tying together the three main issues...