Word: meds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...away from District 65's side. The allegations were never substantiated, though the University's anti-union forces--led by Daniel Steiner '54, general counsel to the University--readily admitted they had waged a vigorous campaign. Why was Harvard so opposed to the union getting a foothold in the Med Area? Publicly, officials like Steiner, associate general counsel for labor relations Edward W. Powers and head of personnel Daniel Canter all cited the negative effects of "fragmented" bargaining units. In other words, a union for secretaries in only one sector of the University would lead to an uneven benefit...
Privately, however, University administrators acknowledge that they feared an increasing likelihood of strikes if the union became established. Strikes always prove costly to Harvard, and in times of economic austerity the menace is even more acute. Imagine, if you will, a scenario in which the entire Med area is deprived of its secretaries--the effect would be paralyzing. And in their most ingenuous moments, Harvard officials concede their distaste for District...
...LATEST renewal of the dispute between Harvard and the union started in the spring of 1980, shortly after Fraser visited the 12 determined organizers on District 65's Med Area committee. The union began laying the groundwork for a second representation effort by quietly enlisting support and loudly associating itself with causes celebres. By that fall, they were fully immersed in the organizing drive, signing clerical and technical workers to cards (Under labor law, a union needs 30 per cent of the proposed unit to sign cards.) The union filed for the right to hold and election last December...
...buoyed sufficiently to announce intentions to organize clerical and technical workers throughout the University's main campus, about 3000 in all. Expecting NLRB regional director Robert M. Fuchs to uphold Wlash's decision and to call for a new election, the union stepped up its organization drive in the Med Area...
...THEN, have the Med Area's clerical and technical workers so far resisted the alternative of unionization? District 65 sees its failure in simple terms. The University, it claims, has used subtle but coercive tactics to dissuade workers from voting for the union. Harvard has played on the insecurities of low-paying jobs, painted itself as a model of stable and faithful management, and appealed to the workers as a strong yet sensitive institution, the union argues. And it has given workers the occasional, timely raise to soothe doubts about its sincerity. District 65's response can be neatly summed...