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Dates: during 1970-1979
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University kitchen workers last night ratified by a near-unanimous vote Harvard's final proposal for a new contract. The vote clears the way for the signing of a contract by representatives of both sides sometime next week...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: Local 26 Approves Contract Proposal | 9/30/1976 | See Source »

...ratification of the new pact follows more than two months of on-and-off negotiations, which culminated in the drafting of the final contract proposal two weeks...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: Local 26 Approves Contract Proposal | 9/30/1976 | See Source »

...contract gives workers a 25-cent per hour pay increase retroactive to June 22, and a total 50-cent per hour boost over the two-year life of the pact...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: Local 26 Approves Contract Proposal | 9/30/1976 | See Source »

...workers had originally requested a larger retroactive pay hike and an 18-month contract...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: Local 26 Approves Contract Proposal | 9/30/1976 | See Source »

Stewart could leave any time he wants. He has a contract with RCA Records up in New York. All three of his albums have been gushed over by critics. He has had three No. 1 country hit singles-one of which offers a shot of sheer country angst: My heart is breakin' like the tiny bubbles./ She's actin' single, I'm drinkin' doubles. The success of songs like that makes Fort Pierce mighty proud, especially the 31 Stewarts listed in the phone book, all of whom are related to Gary some way or other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The South/music: A Honky -Tonk Man | 9/27/1976 | See Source »

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