Word: contracts
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...contract negotiations which occupied much of the spring and early summer seemed to herald a new era of labor relations at the University. And the final results included agreements on across-the-board salary and pension hikes, a proposed "model child care center" and new, more participatory administrative...
...together Kris Rondeau, head of the fledgling Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW), and Dunlop, the university's chief negotiator, spent four months last winter and spring closeted in contract negotiations for the University's support staff workers...
When the final product was released in June, the reviews were positive, if cautions, Most support staff said Rondeau and Dunlop had moved beyond the often bitter climate of labor relations over the past few years to produce a contract that would yield better benefits and salary for the University's clerical and technical workers...
Manna, who also sits on the "Gang of Eight" that is now handling employee grievances, says the contract will be finalized and signed "within the next couple of weeks...
After that, Harvard and its newest, most highly publicized union will face the difficult task of translating the contract's legal jargon into the day-to-day language of the workplace. Says Manna, "Some of the administrative details haven't been worked out yet. We're not sure exactly how everything will work...