Word: contract
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This last Monday evening, there was a Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) Membership meeting to discuss the proposed two-year extension on our present contract with Harvard. This was our first and only provided opportunity to come together as a Union to deal effectively with the momentous issues put on the table so suddenly in January. We have over 2,500 members, yet only about 45 of us attended last evening. For a whole contingent of our members who work in the Medical School area, as well as those members who work at off-campus sites...
Today, after being given only two days' time in which to study, reflect and make up our minds, we are asked to participate in a plebiscite on whether to ratify the proposed two-year extension of our contract. I urge my fellow HUCTW members to go to the polls today. I also urge my fellow members to VOTE NO! Here are my reasons, for your consideration...
...money settlement is terrible. Voting for this contract extension guarantees that most of us will have to live paycheck-to-paycheck for the foreseeable future. There is no question of Harvard's ability to pay. Harvard has over $12 billion! The Massachusetts economy is reportedly running even stronger than the U.S. economy, which is also reportedly very strong at present. We should be negotiating for at least 8% raises...
...proposed contract extension is NOT a Harvard management "final offer"! By voting down a poor money settlement, Harvard workers are virtually certain to get a better money settlement in the next round. Taking this action in our own immediate interest presents no danger to us and will only strengthen our negotiating hand...
There is no concrete language to protect our jobs and our health in the contract extension proposal now on the table: nothing to improve our working conditions, nothing to strengthen work security, grievance procedure, workers' compensation or pension plan...