Word: contractions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Another sign of greater accord between the University and the union is the recent ratification of the long-awaited new contract. While neither side would release exact details of the contract, Powers, Joyce and Costello said it concerned wage increases, health benefits, and about 12 more items, including the definition of reclassification policy. Costello called the wage increase "moderate--neither extremely high nor extremely low, but in accord with the cost of living increase." But the union appears less satisified with the contract than the University, for Costello added, "Feelings were extremely high among the men--as in every contract...
...walkout occurred during negotiations between the University and the Maintenance Trades Council (MTC), which combines five separate local unions, including Local 40, the carpenters' union where this strike originated. After the MTC contract expired in December, the men worked on the basis of an informal verbal agreement, with the understanding that they would not strike without 30 days' notice...
...addition to some dissatisfaction with the contract, one unresolved strike issue remains to cloud relations between the union and the University. At the end of the strike, Powers and Joyce announced disciplinary action against the striking workers--a two-day suspension. Costello filed a grievance, delaying enforcement of this penalty. Joyce said he issued striking employees a warning notice and a suspension, but must wait resolution of the grievance for definite action...
...demonstrated a degree of resentment and anger among the employees the University did not suspect. The strike jolted Harvard into improving the concrete terms of the reassignment policy and its communication with the MTC. But the continued disagreement over the suspension penalty and vestigial dissatisfaction over the contract indicates the University has a long way to go toward pacifying its maintenance workers' grievances...
...Contract negotiations between the University and the Harvard Police Association broke down at the wire last July when the two sides differed over what the police administration meant when it ordered "biannual physical examinations" for the officers. The union's dictionary defined the key word as meaning "twice a year"; Harvard's edition read "once every two years." It took until December--almost a full year after the union's first contract expired--before both sides patched up their semantic differences and signed a new pact...