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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Damman has participated in both field work and office work. She took part in contract negotiations, picketing, strike support work and background research on contracts, as well as door-to-door organizing. Throughout these experiences, the union has consistently maintained its commitments to health care and to its members...
Damman also remembers one round of contract negotiations when she witnessed a heated argument between Gerald Shea, one of the local's original organizers, and the lawyer for a hospital. In every contract, Shea tries to insert a preamble stating that the goal is to maintain "the highest standards of patient care delivery in meeting the needs of the community." He also argues for insertion of an equal opportunity clause, which adds to the traditional prohibitions of discrimination on the grounds of race, sex and religious belief, the categories of political belief, sexual preference or marital status. "The lawyer kept...
...city council also discussed the Red Line extension project of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). Francis M. Keville, the MBTA's regional project manager, announced to the council that the conference on contract bids for the project would be held on October 12, and that bids would officially open November...
...conflicts of interest between reporters and other newspaper employees impede the progress of unions of writers and editors. Owners of both individual newspapers and large chains have undermined the unity of news and editorial writers' guilds by splitting news and editorial departments in half. The underlings are designated by contract as members of the huge newspaper guild, while the city editors, editorial page editors, and assistant managing editors are positioned under the status-label of "management." The owners play off the desire reporters have both for the status of a management position and the greater salary that tags along...
Last week the Post pulled out of joint contract talks with New York City's two other major newspapers, the New York Times and the Daily News...