Word: l
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...L.'s two 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...
Pointing out that the effect of the walk-out will be the complete breakdown of the dining hall systems in the Houses, at the Union and graduate school eating places, Stefani announced that A.F. of L. teamsters had pledged their support and will refuse to deliver food to the College. At the same time the strike will have the active backing of the Cambridge Central Labor Union, an organization of 30,000 workers in the city...
...inside union, a spontaneously-organized group of employees formed to combat the A.F. of L. encroschment last year, has tried to "poison the membership" of his organization. Stefani charged...
Last year, he said, the "company union" tried to obtain sole bargaining rights for the dining hall workers even though the A.F. of L. had already obtained certification of their exclusive privilege. Stefani found the H.U.E.R.A. labor group an "insidious" and "destructive force" which has "no hope of bettering working conditions...