Word: contract
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...encourage a speedy decision. Student supporters of the union have pressed an Undergraduate Council commitee to author a resolution asking Bok not to appeal the decision. And the union has encouraged community members to write and call Bok, asking him to make a quick decision to go ahead with contract negotiations...
...election, I had begun to think of the whole union thing as a dream, and I don't have time for dreams," said one employee, who requested anonymity. "But now that it seems real again--now that I know the union isstill around--I'm excited to get a contract...
Labor experts say that unions generally lose backing if there is a delay between an election and contract negotiations. After Harvard challenged the union's victory, that prediction seemed to come true: employees said they were less concerned about unionization because they saw union organizers less frequently and they didn't believe that the union would ever be recognized...
...Monday's announcement that the union win would stand reactivated union activism--as discussions about union issues spread through the workplace and support staff expressed renewed interest in contract negotiations...
...issue here is the question of punishment, not of innocence or guilt. The question of guilt should be determined by using the facts and circumstances of the case, and nothing else. But the whole idea behind punishment is promoting the public interest by deterring individual violations of the social contract, which is enforced by the laws...