Word: kitchener
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Nest) had seeped through to the U. S. Perched on the pinnacle of Kehlstein Mountain, the house itself is comparatively small, consists mainly of one large circular room lined, except for a spot near the fireplace, with large windows. There are also a guard room, an electrically operated kitchen, and a balcony lookout. It is 6,000 feet above sea level, commands superb views of Bavaria and old Austria by night and day. The winds howl around it continually, white clouds float...
...strongly entrenched unions in the University dining halls today threatened to strike unless College officials conceded their demands for higher wages and a closed shop. As a result of a secret, almost unanimous vote late Monday night the cooks and waitresses, who represent 90 percent of Harvard's kitchen workers, decided to walk out on Monday unless the officials capitulate immediately...
Because the A. F. of L. has such an overwhelming percentage of the kitchen workers enrolled in its ranks, the University, by refusing to allow a closed shop, "is denying the right of adequate collective bargaining," Stefani charged last night...
Nothing could be more indicative of a healthy state of affairs on Harvard's labor front than the threat of a general walk-out which the kitchen and dining-hall workers hurled at the University early yesterday morning. Hasty, aggressive and doubtless ill-considered, it nevertheless showed a majority of workers democratically exerting their rights without fear of reprisal: in short, the ideal personnel...
...this distrust which led to the kitchen and dining-hall workers' affiliation with the A.F. of L. In a spirit of mutual cooperation they signed a contract with the University which at the time was agreeable to both sides. Through it the University benefitted in efficiency and the workers in a wage increase of upwards of two dollars...