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...administration was slated to file an appeal by Friday which would call on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to review the decision that the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) had legitimately won a support staff election last...
Craig Becker, HUCTW's lawyer, said last night that the University had told him it would ask the NLRB to extend the deadline until next Wednesday. He was uncertain whether or not the extension had been granted...
LAST year Harvard argued against taking a neutral stance in the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) election. The administration, appealing to fairness, said it had a right to tell workers the opposing arguments to a union...
Last week an administrative law judge upheld the 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...
Thursday, more than 150 HUCTW supporters held a vigil in front of Bok's home to encourage a speedy decision. Student supporters of the union have pressed an Undergraduate Council commitee to author a resolution asking Bok not to appeal the decision. And the union has encouraged community members to write and call Bok, asking him to make a quick decision to go ahead with contract negotiations...