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...Bill Jaeger, director of the Harvard Union for Clerical and Technical Workers, said that roughly 30 staff from FAS in his union had been laid off, mostly in "ones and twos" from 13 different departments and offices across FAS. Some of the eliminated jobs corresponded to services that administrators previously announced would be cut, Jaeger said. But he also noted that his tally's methodology and his definition of a "layoff" may differ from the School's, since the union's count does not include workers who volunteered to be laid off, nor those who were offered alternative jobs...
...their letters announcing the downsizing last week, University President Drew G. Faust and Vice President for Human Resources Marilyn Hausammann wrote that 275 employees from throughout the University would be laid off in the coming days, split evenly between union and non-union staff. But Jaeger said he thought the announcement seemed somewhat premature and that even today he was not sure how administrators arrived at that precise number...
...Jaeger said the discussions have been of mixed success, depending on the location or unit, because of the differing budget situations and managerial personalities. While emphasizing that discussions would continue at several schools and departments, he also said he wished there could have been a "few more weeks" for negotiations at many locations...
...next month or two, Jaeger said, the Union will focus on continuing to explore alternatives to layoffs and then turn its energies to questions of staff placement...
...wanted to have as meaningful of a process as possible before final notifications, but where there's more to talk about, were going to insist the conversation continues," Jaeger said...