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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...workers who help print and bind these voluminous publications have just ratified--by a very close vote--a new contract...
...union spokesman said he believes the terms of the contract will inspire other Harvard union workers to demand better terms in their contract negotiations...
...year contract, which is retroactive to November 14, provides for a 6-per-cent increase in wages for the first year, a 5.5-per-cent increase for the following year, with the increases especially geared to helping lower-paid workers, and increased vacation benefits, Edward W. Powers, associate general counsel for employee relations, said yesterday...
...union spokesman said yesterday the union members ratified the contract only after "a lot of heated discussion," including proposals to strike to get better terms...
...EVEN TALKING seems to be a problem in this case. The last contract between Harvard and the MTC expired last December; however, the University and the union have consented to extend the agreement so that the employees are still working under the terms of that contract. The two sides met once in February, and once more on March 10 to discuss the issues. Since then, there has been no negotiating. Powers had said he hoped for a meeting during the first week of April, and Costello had also hinted at that possibility; but nothing developed...