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...CHARLIE CROCKETT works the graveyard shift as a security guard at the chemistry labs. He is also president of the University's largest and oldest union, the Harvard University Employees Representative Association (HUERA), which includes about 500 custodians and 50 security guards...
Shortly after the union filed its suit with the NLRB, the Board issued a complaint against Harvard, which does not constitute a finding of guilt, but increases the possibility that litigation would be required to resolve the dispute. The NLRB issued the complaint without speaking to Crockett. Powers said, "The NLRB thought I didn't care whether it issued a complaint. It was just a misunderstanding--the NLRB agent misinterpreted a remark of mine...
Wednesday evening, the union's executive board tentatively reinstated Crockett as president, but voted to deprive the president of exclusive signing rights for union documents, because, one union source said, he "had acted irresponsibly." Crockett reportedly objected to the measure, but from now on, someone besides the union's president will have to sign all official HUERA documents...
Another union source said that because Crockett had sided with the University on the unfair labor practice charge, workers would now be afraid to file grievances. "How can an employee hope to win a case against the University when he has no support from the presidency?" the source asked...
Gardin, who worked for Crockett in the union's last election held in February of 1979, recalls a conversation he had with Crockett this spring. "We were talking about the University, and Charlie said to me, 'Harvard is too tough--you can't fight 'em, you've gotta join 'em.' I said, 'Why don't you resign then?' He said, 'You just don't understand...