Word: delay
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...issued a report recommending that the Board uphold the election and certify the union. Although the report does not convince me that our initial doubts were unfounded, I recognize that a decision to file exceptions would almost certainly bring about months, or even a year or more, of added delay and uncertainty pending a final decision of the National Labor Relations Board. I do not believe that we should allow this delay, with all the burdens that would accompany it unless there is a substantial likelihood that the ALJ's recommendations will be overturned by the National Labor Relations Board...
Holding brightly colored balloons and signs, and sporting HUCTW and Dukakis/Bentsen buttons, the ralliers marched in a circle for an hour in front of the Holyoke Center, chanting "the decision has been made, Harvard come on, don't delay...
...appeal is a clear attempt to stave off the union's momentum. Labor experts say that an appeal would drag out the process for at least a year; a delay this long would inevitably demoralize workers who have been expecting representation and contract negotiation. Awareness of union issues dropped in the five months between the election and the first appeal, and a longer delay could only discourage worker participation. The University could lose the appeal, but still...
Currently, Bok is deciding whether Harvard will appeal, and HUCTW has launched another campaign to swing public opinion against the University, by accusing them of trying to delay a support staff union...
...union called Harvard's appeal an anti-union tactic, accusing them of using the delay to take advantage of summer employee turnover--which is near 40 percent--to weaken the union. If Harvard had won its appeal the vote would have been retaken...