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Right now the Harvard Patrolmen's Association is pressing its suit in contract negotiations with the University, and the status of the talks reflects the relations between Harvard and the policemen. Both are rocky. The police have been working without a contract since January 1, and the two sides have spent three months without settling their substantial differences. Gorski's decision to leave delayed the talks for a few weeks, as both sides reassessed their positions in light of the change in administration. But even before Gorski's departure, the talks were proceeding at a snail's pace. The union...
...speak to reporters during Gorski's tenure, for fear their remarks might bring down upon them the considerable wrath of the police office. One union negotiator cited "a complete lack of trust in the chief of police" as one of the major stumbling blocks to reaching agreement on a contract. Gorski's organizational changes, he said, had destroyed morale in the force--and the "morale issue" has since become a major factor in the contract talks...
Watch out, Lauren Hutton and Margaux Hemingway: here comes another high-priced face. Victoria Fyodorova, the Soviet actress who came to the U.S. in 1975 in search of her long-lost American father, retired Rear Admiral Jack Tate, and soon married an airline pilot, has signed a five-year contract to advertise cosmetics put out by Alexandra de Markoff, a division of Lanvin. The company reckoned that her name and chiseled cheekbones fit the de Markoff image. Victoria, who has caught on i quickly to the ways of the consumer society, claims a lifelong interest in cosmetics. "As a child...
...play has fallen off, it is, he says, because jail looms. "I've got to serve time. It's affecting my game mentally and physically. It's on my mind. It's a heavy weight, a burden." But, reminded that by the terms of his contract he must play in the playoffs, Barnes said he would not let his team down...
...University will resume stalled contract negotiations with the Harvard Patrolmen's Association next week, Edward W. Powers, associate general counsel for employee relations, said yesterday...