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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Episode two found our would-be villians, the MBTA, signing a contract to build a tunnel from Harvard to Porter Square. That move followed a federal district court judge's refusal of a citizen's group demand for a temporary restraining order...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: A Red Line Tear-Jerker | 10/28/1978 | See Source »

Last week marked the University's first victory in a contest of wills with Harvard dining hall workers. Members of Local 26 of the Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Employees Union voted Tuesday night to accept the University's contract offer, reversing an earlier union decision to reject the pact...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: Dining Hall Distemper | 10/28/1978 | See Source »

...meeting repeatedly interrupted by angry debate, union officials urged the workers to accept the contract, citing statements by University negotiators that Harvard would withdraw concessions in the contract if the union delayed the ratification...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: Dining Hall Distemper | 10/28/1978 | See Source »

Union officials called the meeting after the University rejected the workers' request for a contract containing a written commitment of increase in pension plans and the introduction of a dental coverage plan...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: Dining Hall Distemper | 10/28/1978 | See Source »

...kitchen workers voted, 148 to 95, to accept the contract, but most workers say only their reluctance to strike prompted the ratification vote...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: Dining Hall Distemper | 10/28/1978 | See Source »

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