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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard has consistently tried to bust unions. The University has spent millions over the last 12 years to defeat efforts by clerical and technical workers to organize into a union, repeatedly litigating election petitions before the NLRB for nine years. In 1982 the personnel office at the Medical School was moved in the middle of the night to support a bid to refuse them a union election. Harvard has also tried to stymie the dining hall workers' union. Last year officials tried to hire non-union labor at the Faculty Club and forced workers at the Business School's Kresge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bad Faith, Again | 12/6/1986 | See Source »

Although the Crimson was out-rebounded by a slim 31-30 margin, it was the squad's inability to box out for the second straight game which played a major role in the defeat...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Eagles Stuff Cagers in a Squeaker, 87-86 | 12/5/1986 | See Source »

...tourney should challenge the team's unblemished record. Last year's Crimson squad, which won a school-record 20 games, suffered its worst defeat against B.C.--a 91-51 count...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Women Cagers Smite Smithies | 12/3/1986 | See Source »

Kinnock has led the resurgence of the Labor Party since its 1983 defeat by Prime Minister Margret Thatcher's Conservative Party. A recent Gallup poll indicated that the Labor party now leads the Conservatives by three-and-one-half percent. As incumbent Prime Minister, Thatcher decides when to hold elections...

Author: By Michael E. Wall, | Title: British Leader to Call for A Nuclear-Free England | 12/2/1986 | See Source »

After 74 days and 1,000 deaths, the 1982 war between Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands ended in a formal British victory, right? Wrong. While the British did defeat the Argentines in battle, no cease-fire was ever signed between the two belligerents, so technically the war goes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diplomacy: Thanks, But No Thanks | 12/1/1986 | See Source »

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