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...this final victory for the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW), labor experts say, is a hopeful sign for America's flagging organized labor movement...
...member HUCTW will become the largest union in private higher education. In addition, it is the latest successful organizing drive to capitalize on the unique concerns of a "pink-collar" workforce, like Harvard's quasi-professional, mostly female support staff...
Throughout the past five years that HUCTW has been organizing on the entire campus, labor experts have been watching the campaign, predicting that even if the Harvard union was not certified, the campaign itself would introduce a new kind of organizing into the national labor movement...
...HUCTW appealed to the University's workers through one-on-one meetings where organizers stressed issues of workplace democracy and the particular concerns of an 83 percent female support staff...
...There is a whole new union vocabulary, weaving together the best traditions of the past--solidarity and unity--with a new idea for today--empowerment," said Klare. "HUCTW is not the only union in this new tradition, but it's very important. There is a national trend and this can only help...