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...challenges that the new union faces are many. In fact, labor experts say that negotiating a first contract can be as difficult as winning a union election. They warn that if the University and HUCTW cannot negotiate a successful first contract within six months, there may be danger of a strike...
Already, some skeptics say they question HUCTW's ability to negotiate a contract that will address all of the issues the union organized around in winning support from the 83 percent female work force...
...HUCTW representatives, however, say they have drafted a contract proposal that seeks to meet the needs of the union's diverse constituency...
...past two months, HUCTW and University officials have worked to make the contract negotiations easier. An informal transition team, established to ease the way into formal discussions, met regularly throughout December and January. Both University and union representatives say the meetings have improved relations, which had been strained after the long struggle for unionization...
...HUCTW and the University have also created a four-member joint committee to address all worker complaints while the contract negotiations take place. For the union, the grievance board is a first step in its plans to give workers more control over their jobs by decentralizing Harvard decision making...