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...election victory. The decision found that the union did not coerce employees. The University could show no evidence that it did during testimony this summer. In fact, even if HUCTW did what Harvard challenged--keeping track of pro-union voters--it would not have violated election rules. Judge Joel Harmatz harshly condemned Harvard for taking action that "transcends what might lightly be dismissed as an aggressive adversarial approach...
...course Harvard has a legal right to appeal Judge Harmatz's decision, just as the union had a legal right to organize and recruit the University's pink-collar employees. Thankfully, the staff position recognizes this, but goes on to make a dubious claim that the University has no moral justification for an appeal...
Anne H. Taylor, the University's director of human resourses, agreed with Scott, adding that at times Harmatz's language in the decision was "unjudicial...
...Harmatz said in his decision that he hoped the University would not appeal the case to the NLRB because it had no merit...
Although the University has not decided yet whether to object, immediately after Harmatz's decision was announced, Vice President for Finance Robert H. Scott said Harvard did not agree with the substance of the judge's ruling...