Word: delayed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Pentagon, one fear is that Ill Wind could force officials to invalidate scores of weapons contracts and throw them open for new bids. That could lead to chaos in procurement and delay production of some weapons systems for years. But the brass may have no choice: if investigators prove that a contract was obtained illegally, a court may rule that contract invalid. For example, Grumman Corp. lost the advanced tactical aircraft contract to the combine of McDonnell Douglas and General Dynamics. If allegations in Ill Wind search warrants are proved correct, Grumman could sue to have a new competition...
...NLRB on any of these mechanical questions can cast a long shadow. When the board ruled in 1984 that a union could not organize support staff in one area, but must expand its campaign to include the 3300 workers throughout the University, it meant a four-year delay until the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) could petition for a referendum...
...addition, according to the union, the process of appearing before the NLRB--no matter what the outcome--can be detrimental because of the delay. The longer it takes to resolve an appeal, the more it jeopardizes the union's base of support--which dissipates with time. The union and the University spent more than a year before the board in arguments that led to the 1984 decision...
...large, labor has wanted to avoid the board at all costs recently," says Anne Nelson, a professor at Cornell University's School of Industrial Labor Relations. "There is usually too much delay, which is bad for unions, and the decisions they make don't favor labor...
...administration jumped in to challenge the verdict. Even though the closeness of the vote may have justified this interference, Harvard's action casts further doubt on its attitude toward workers and their ability to decide their own fate. Such challenges are a common tactic for employers to delay a union's certification and contract negotiations; the University has already dragged out past union election bids for as long as two years--decreasing awareness of the issues among staff and devaluing worker choice. So much for Bok's former support of unions' and workers' rights. Apparently, administrators sacrificed these ideals...