Word: mayers
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Larry Williams, the union representative in Leverett House dining hall, picked up a phone two weeks ago to talk to Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) Director Ted A. Mayer about concerns prompted by upcoming renovations to House kitchens. Mayer never returned the phone call...
...Instead, Mayer sent Williams a warning--and threatened him with possible job suspension for making the call...
Adams House cook and chief union representative Edward Childs says he was baffled by Mayer's reaction. "[Mayer] is isolating himself from his staff," he says...
...After three years of strained relations between Mayer and his staff over support and personality, Childs filed a serious grievance with the Local 26 Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union against Mayer last Wednesday...
...press time, Mayer had yet to respond to the grievance, but, former dining hall managers say, clashes like these contradict the "participative management" style Mayer says he applies to his 650 employees...