Word: laborer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...tell me that Harvard can't afford to pay the $18 we have asked for; it is one of the richest organizations in the country. I think they'll give us a raise because they're getting scared that they'll lose rich endowments because of their anti-labor policy...
Because of the labor controversy last year, Harvard greatly improved the recreation rooms, she went on. New chairs and couches were bought, and a new rest room was fixed up for the bus boys...
...Labor leaders on the other hand insisted that the 300 A.F. of L. employee of the University has spoken and that "they won't yield an inch." They claimed their demand for a closed shop was justified, pointing out that the 10 percent who have not joined the union are enjoying the benefits of the Federation's bargaining and yet are refusing to contribute their share...
Abolition of the compulsory insurance plan, which the union says is forced arbitrarily upon Harvard workers, is another bone of contention between employer and employees. Stefani stated that the labor group prefers U. S. Social Security to Harvard's benefit system...
...cooks and waitresses pay the union 75 cents a month and want their money's worth. For this reason labor representatives have not stopped at a reasonable agreement. Their current demands not only ask for what amounts to a 50 percent wage increase over the 1937 level, but also attacks the University's cherished pension plan and its aversion to a closed shop. True to the history of American labor, the locals are taking a mile. Or trying...