Word: huctw
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Fenstermacher, waiting in the office of the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW), glanced over the open document, which turned out to be a message from union higher-up Shamim Morani to her colleagues inviting them to meet about upcoming contract renegotiations with the University...
Fenstermacher, a longtime advocate of opening the union’s negotiations process, says he wanted to get himself and his fellow HUCTW members involved in the proceedings right away. He took immediate action, he says, urging friends and colleagues in the union to organize in preparation for the negotiations...
While some of the group’s protests for the No Layoffs Campaign—which included rallies around Mass. Hall, speeches outside of the Holyoke Center and marches through Harvard Square—drew hundreds of people, the organization was ultimately disappointed with May’s HUCTW contract proposal, which does not include a “no layoffs” clause. Potter and Booth say they will encourage their fellow union members to reject the proposal at the June 17 ratification vote, but expect it will pass anyway...
Fenstermacher, who left the No Layoffs Campaign after losing the HUCTW executive board elections in December, says the group fell short because members refused to launch a truly comprehensive initiative like PSLM’s Living Wage Campaign, which worked for years prior to the Mass. Hall sit-in to garner support from students, faculty and city leadership...
Bill Jaeger, director of the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW), said he will pay close attention to the type of person who gets hired, as the new vice president’s personal approach to management will define the direction of the University’s labor relations...