Word: contract
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Yale--whose support staff union is often compared to HUCTW--the first contract was settled only after 15 months, 91 bargaining sessions and a 10-week strike...
HUCTW's major task now is to negotiate its first contract, and to do so, labor experts say, the union will have to fend off opposition from a University which has fought it for 17 years as well as antagonism from within its own ranks...
...union and the University cannot agree on key contract points, the process coud drag on for more than a year, and may even result in a strike, according to labor experts. Furthermore, workers could petition the National Labor Relations Board after one year to decertify the union if a contract is not reached...
...fight isn't over yet," said labor expert Charles Hecksher yesterday. "Negotiating a first contract is often as difficult as organizing for an election. There is a real opportunity for both sides to rebuild unity within the staff, if people really develop the theme, 'It's not anti-Harvard to be pro-union...
...crew of Chinese technicians came to install the equipment, but severe problems arose in combining the different elements, which had not been preassembled before shipment as the contract specified. Special tools had to be sent from China. The English translation of the instructions supplied by the manufacturer was often puzzling. A sample sentence: "Starting direction signal is sent out in electric part, enabling main servomotor open, increasing speed of generating unit and reach to steady speed under no load under the function of auto adjusting speed." Deciphering such instructions and reconciling the various pieces of equipment caused a delay...