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Throughout its campaign to organize Harvard's 4000 support staff, the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) has focused on employee self-representation, instead of organizing around specific economic complaints. Union leaders say the particular issues pale in comparison with the broader quest for worker empowerment...
...interviews with 120 support staff members, most workers said they are not satisfied with the benefits the University gives them, and even those who do not support the union think HUCTW might be able to solve some of their problems...
...HUCTW contends that women in support staff positions at Harvard are not paid as much as men in comparable positions. Jobs traditionally held by men, in maintenance and other areas, are considered comparable to jobs held by women when the work requires a similar amount of knowledge and level of experience...
...unreal. It's so wierd that this is actually happening, when we've waited for so long," said one support staff member, clipping a Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) button onto her lapel...
...HUCTW had originally planned to take only one busload of supporters to the NLRB, said Kris Rondeau, HUCTW director. But when employees' enthusiasm indicated that one bus would not carry everyone who wanted to go, the union hired a second bus yesterday morning...