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Crockett and Bonislawski are no longer involved with HUERA, Crockett having lost the presidential election to former shop steward Edward Gardin and Bonislawski having quit. Gardin was one of the principals in last year's union's troubles--it was his treatment at a grievance proceeding that led to the unfair labor complaint being filed...
HUERA's vice president, Darleen Bonislawski, recently felt that brand of paranoid persecution. So did Ed Gardin, an HUERA shop steward. They had filed a grievance against Harvard on behalf of part-time workers and shortly afterwards began to feel the heat. The University, they believed, was harassing them for their union activity--Gardin complained of being followed, and Bonislawski stomped out of a meeting with the manager of custodial services when he told her she needed permission before doing union business during working hours. The union's contract stipulates that officials such as Bonislawski or Gardin must receive permission...
University officials, Smith and Lee all strongly denied the unfair labor practice charges this week, saying they only warned Gardin and Bonislawski of leaving work to attend union-related meetings without obtaining the permission of their supervisors--as the union's contract stipulates...
Smith termed the charge against him "outrageous, ludicrous," adding, "It's not my style to threaten anybody." Referring to Gardin's allegation, Lee said this week, "Those things would never have been said by me." One University source said Gardin was called before Lee because he had had a slew of unauthorized absences from work, and "a checkered work history...
...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...