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...president of the union which represents the University's dining hall workers yesterday defended his decision not to fight for the reinstatement of a cook who has charged Harvard Dining Services supervisors with racial discrimination...
Domenic N. Bozzotto, president of Local 26 of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union, was responding to charges by the cook, Darryl J. Hicks, who was fired this spring because of what University officials say is a poor attendance record and a lengthy disciplinary history...
...Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where Martin served two years in the Army, the couple had their first Ruth-cooked meal. The purported tuna casserole was, Martin recalls, "as close to inedible as food could be." He started studying a translation of French chef Auguste Escoffier as hard as his law books and became as fine a cook as an attorney. When they got back to Harvard, they shared child care as well, taking turns relieving the baby sitter every afternoon at 4. That began their lifelong practice of working well into the wee hours of the morning...
Meanwhile, students and co-workers rallied to support the fired cook. Members of the Black Students Association and the Harvard-Radcliffe Labor Alliance organized a petition drive that in one night garnered 500 student signatures on Hicks behalf. Another petition circulated among the dining services' shop stewards...
...former cook and labor union shop steward in the Harvard Union dining hall says he was fired after complaining of racial harassment and on-the-job declination. Students and fellow shop stewards rally to the fired cook's support. Other Harvard Dining Services employees later charge that they are often forced to work while they are sick. Director Micheel P.Berry denies the charges but says he will institute sensitivity training for his workers...