Word: contraction
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Although the majority of the workers voted to ratify the contract, some workers said there was a split in the union between younger workers, who favored a strike, and older workers who preferred not to jeopardize their jobs...
...Peoples, co-head shop steward for the Harvard dining halls, said yesterday the kitchen workers do not plan a walkout or work slowdown to protest the contract, but "are going to start compiling demands for the next contract...
Workers at the meeting were concerned that if they rejected the contract again, they would have to strike, workers said after the meeting. They questioned the availability of union strike payments and whether a strike might result in Harvard withdrawing some of its concessions in the present contract, the workers added...
...sign the contract, Harvard may take away benefits from us," one worker said...
Peoples also said he does not believe the union has been weakened because it reversed its vote on the contract. "The University is now aware our workers will not idly accept any contract they will give, and the University is aware of our basic objection about no concrete benefits," he added...