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...October, union leaders will have initiated broad-based discussions within its 5,800-person organization about the state of their current workplace to prepare for formal contract negotiations with the University, according to HUCTW director Bill Jaeger. The current three-year contract expires on June...
Harvard spokesman Kevin Galvin, who often handles labor relations inquiries, wrote in an e-mailed statement that University negotiators are “proud” of their relationship with HUCTW, and that they hope for “productive” conversations with “the people who help to make [Harvard] one of the world’s premier institutions...
...Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers will be placed into open job positions elsewhere within the University. “Our official view at this point is, ‘So far, so good.’ Or maybe even a little better,” said HUCTW director Bill Jaeger. “The human resources community at the University is more aware than it’s ever been, and more thoughtful than we’ve ever seen, about really giving high priority to [laid-off employees] for open jobs.” He said that...
...faces that challenged the layoffs in 2004 have reappeared today as well. Geoff P. Carens, an HCL librarian vocally opposed to any kind of layoffs, organized rallies for the Campaign then as now, while Jaeger and other HUCTW leaders said in both instances that their focus is on negotiating with the University to find creative layoff alternatives...
...Despite the layoffs, Jaeger said he remained optimistic that all laid-off HUCTW staff would be able to find replacement jobs at the University, especially given the generous severance packages and job placement services provided for affected workers. The number of jobs posted throughout the University is sizable and growing, Jaeger said, adding that on the day the layoffs were announced last week, he counted 233 available jobs on the University's Web site. On Thursday, he said he noticed 17 new HUCTW job postings...