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With employees across the University worried about losing their jobs in a shaky financial market, the unions hardest hit by the layoffs—in particular the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW), with 4800 members—maintain that they are doing what they can to protect their members’ jobs...
...HUCTW Director Billy Jaeger said the union has tried to provide adequate information for its members and secure new positions for displaced workers...
...despite the layoffs, Jaeger said, new programs at the University have actually increased the number of jobs represented by HUCTW...
...some workers in HUCTW contend that their union has not adequately fought for the rights and security of the membership. They complain of a disconnect between the union leadership and the rank-and-file, arguing that news of impending layoffs is not as widely publicized as it should...
Randy Fenstermacher, a HUCTW member and library employee, said union membership hadn’t been told about layoffs like the ones at Radcliffe—even though union leaders knew of financial difficulties at the Institute for months preceding the July cuts...