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...Wednesday, the committee voted 27-1-2 to endorse efforts of the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) to "form a union among the staff of Harvard...
...committee's resolution comes two weeks after the Lowell House Committee approved a similar endorsement. Other student groups which have voiced their support for HUCTW include the Democratic Club and the Radcliffe Union of Students...
...last decade, HUCTW's leaders have spearheaded a grassroots battle to organize the university's 3800 clerical and technical workers, 83 percent of whom are women. The workers, many of whom are secretaries and lab workers, remain the only group of Harvard employees not represented by a certified union...
Organizing efforts, which began at the Medical School, have only recently been expanded to include the entire university. Before it can achieve formal recognition as a bargaining group, HUCTW must receive majority approval from university employees...
...HUCTW officials also welcomed the vote. "We're very happy that another house has decided to endorse the drive," organizer Marie C. Manna said last week...