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Harvard would have officially proposed its new wage number last Tuesday, but the negotiations broke early because of a civil disobedience session scheduled by the union, Jones said.
Jones, though, said such tactics were unproductive and were more of a publicity stunt than an effective way to influence the negotiations.
In the case that both parties believed no progress was being made with negotiations, they would select a mediator who would make a non-binding recommendation on the contract, Jones said.
“I believe that even if it’s slow going we’d rather make a small amount of progress than no progress,” Jones said. “I’d rather keep at this until we reach agreement.?...
Once a contract with SEIU has been agreed to, Harvard will begin talks with the dining worker and security guard unions—negotiations that Jones said may well be affected by the outcome of the current discussions.