Word: contract
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...corporate campaign technique is no longer used for only contract negotiations. It has become a popular and effective tool of the political left in America, and Harvard activists--who traditionally have had close ties with Local 26--have been no exception. During its certification campaign, the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers relied heavily upon student and community support to pressure the administration into ending its anti-union campaign efforts. Pressure from local political leaders and national labor leaders is seen as a factor in President Bok's decision not to appeal an administrative law judge's decision upholding...
...corporate campaign strategy has remarkable significance for the left. Not only does it contribute to occasional victories on certain issues--such as the local 26 contract--but it provides a different way of looking at political and economic problems within American society...
...workers must be allowed to participate in future contract talkes to ensure that the the contract fairly represents everyone, not just the most active participants in the union. The only way for HUCTW to stay true to its professed aims is to include very worker, every step along...
...share the staff position's disillusionment with the union if there was any basis for it. For example, we too would be up in arms if the union didn't spend all of its resources trying to sign up new members, or if it didn't send surveys for contract negotiating to even those who still oppose the idea of a union. The fact is that the union is signing up members routinely, and the great thing about unions and democracy is that each member conceives of the union uniquely. Members could oppose the current leadership, or the current leadership...
...employers be expected to make sure that their workers can afford decent housing? Absolutely, said the maids, bell hops, waiters and waitresses at nine of Boston's leading hotels. No way, management replied. But some 3,000 members of the local hotel and restaurant union prevailed last week in contract talks that may open up a new category of employee benefits. The hotels agreed to set up a housing fund of up to $1 million to help their workers pay up-front fees for rental of apartments and down payments on houses. The concept of a worker housing fund...