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Just one week after the University and the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) released a joint statement on casual labor, HUCTW has issued its own open letter on the subject, calling casual labor a "critical issue for this great institution...
...letter--which was sent to HUCTW members this week and will be sent to key Harvard administrators next week--comes at a time when HUCTW is negotiating with the University to develop measures to stop abuse of the casual payroll...
...There are discussions going on about solutions to these kinds of problems, which we would characterize as quite hopeful at this point," said HUCTW Director Bill Jaeger. "But there may need to be a certain amount of community pressure to really make sure all the right things happen here...
...University acknowledged in the joint statement with HUCTW last week that it has violated its own rules regarding the workers by employing some casual workers for more than the maximum allowable time...
...HUCTW's statement, the union called upon members of the Harvard community to report such abuses...