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...more than a decade the small Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) has been waging a losing battle to organize Harvard's 4000 support staff in the face of University opposition. But this year--despite the fact that the University has won almost every past unionizing battle--HUCTW leaders say they are ready...
...renewed confidence is largely due to the backing the HUCTW received this winter from the AFL-CIO's largest union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). The national endorsement has brought the Harvard labor movement financial support, research assistance and the right to be called the "premier organizing drive for [AFSCME] across...
Last week the 1.1 million member AFSCME announced it would back the effort of the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW), which has been trying for 15 years to organize 3800 Harvard support staff. It has already given the local union $500,000 and called the Harvard organizing effort their "premier organizing drive" for this year...
...affiliation between AFSCME and HUCTW began when one of the national union's leaders, while at the K-School, saw a poster advertising the local union's effort to organize Harvard workers, said a source close to AFSCME...
...national union will back HUCTW "as long asit takes" the union to gain support. To convince amajority of the 3800 workers to vote for the unioncould take between six months to a year, accordingto estimates made by the national office...