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...When one practical member suggested “The Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers,” most members took offense at the resulting unwieldy acronym: “HUCTW.” But a 24-year-old named Bill Jaeger stepped forward to express support for the “awkward but accurate” approach—and others took notice...
...When Jaeger arrived at Harvard in 1984 to work as a staff assistant in what was then known as the Russian Research Center, the Soviet relations and arms-control junkie had graduate school in mind. Unimpressed with the overt antagonism of unions during his undergraduate years at Yale, Jaeger says he felt “pretty skeptical” of his Harvard colleagues’ union activity. But something was different at his new workplace. A year after his arrival, Jaeger left his staff position to work full-time as a union organizer, finding time even to serve as lead...
...There was critical analysis of Harvard [by the Union] but no effort to breed or encourage hostility,” Jaeger said in an interview in the 1990s. “Nobody tried to make me feel angry at Harvard, which was good because I didn’t feel angry...
...margins as an outsider group of negligible influence. Back then, involvement was a test of bravery: “It was bold and scary to be involved in the union at that point because there was this feeling that the powerful University was against it,” Jaeger says...
...than expected. But some are more doubtful that Smith will unveil any groundbreaking initiatives at the meeting. “I don’t have a sense that there’s going to be any big announcement or startling changes in direction,” said Bill Jaeger, director of the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers. “If there was, I don’t think they’d do it this way.” In a departure from typical Faculty meetings, the town hall gathering will expand its attendance to staff...