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Even when a couple can deal with less-than-total understanding of what's going on, Dr. Kadison believes that one of the hardest things is to find "the balance between relationships and work--whether that's academic work or research that they're doing or a hobby." At Harvard, the consensus is that this dating challenge exists because getting admitted in the first place depends on proving that same commitment to work...
This last Monday evening, there was a Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) Membership meeting to discuss the proposed two-year extension on our present contract with Harvard. This was our first and only provided opportunity to come together as a Union to deal effectively with the momentous issues put on the table so suddenly in January. We have over 2,500 members, yet only about 45 of us attended last evening. For a whole contingent of our members who work in the Medical School area, as well as those members who work at off-campus sites...
...faith with our membership. It was arranged behind the backs of the members, in closed-door sessions in December. There was no mention of it at our December membership meeting. The members were never surveyed to determine their wishes. We were told nothing of what was happening until the deal was in the bag. No negotiating team was elected, for the second and, I hope, last time in our history. We have not since been provided enough detailed information about the proposal, nor time enough, to allow us to make an informed decision on the merits. In sum, the proposal...
...build a democratic, effective, member-run union, we have to struggle. There is no concrete alternative. We have the power to get a really good deal in our next contract. We should vote this proposal down to defeat, start over the democratic way, and decide together what we want in our next contract. We should elect a negotiating team that promises to take what we want to the table and fight for a strong contract when they get there...
...people at Cambridge Hospital know a great deal about how to meet the needs of a diverse urban population," says Matthew E. Fishman '80, director of community benefit programs at Boston-based Partners HealthCare, Inc., a non-profit healthcare delivery system composed of doctors and hospitals...