Word: huctw
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...It’s time to recognize the dignity of work and the needs of [Harvard’s] workers,” said says Potter, a Harvard Law School secretary and member of the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW...
Fenstermacher is a member of the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW), which includes secretaries, lab technicians and library workers. When Harvard goes to the bargaining table with a union, he says, it can use the threat of outsourcing as leverage. “Harvard can say, ‘Okay, if you don’t want lower wages, your job will go to an SSI guard,’” says Fenstermacher. Thus, lower wages and the fear of potential unemployment looms on the horizon for many of the guards...
Multiple speakers accused the University of being greedy—saying it is sitting on a “pot of gold”—and alleged it has an anti-union agenda. HUCTW representative Geoff Carens mentioned an alleged human resources planning document that he said encourages harassment of employees with the goal of eliminating their jobs...
...seems to me the long-term plan is clear—drive out the unions,” said HUCTW member Randy Fenstermacher. “Then bring in the low-wage workers...
Fenstermacher, a Harvard College Library worker, himself generated a joint protest by HUCTW and PSLM earlier this month when Harvard denied his request to have union representation at a regular performance review...