Word: contraction
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...feel pleased," Alan Balsam, chief shop steward for Local 26 of the Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Employees Union--which represents Harvard's nearly 450 kitchen workers--said yesterday, adding, "Our reservations about the contract were negligible...
According to Balsam, nearly 40 of the workers delivered speeches about the contract at the meeting...
...There was some very spirited discussion before the contract was ratified by the membership," he added...
...contract negotiations began June 3, the same day Harvard announced it was suspending three shop stewards--including Balsam--for their roles in a May lunch-hour walkout. That action followed a dispute between Balsam and the manager of the College Dining Hall over the serving of hamburgers...
...contract also includes a "health and safety" clause, which protects workers from potentially hazardous job assignments, as well as what Balsam characterized several weeks ago as "a Miranda clause...