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...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...
...satisfactory employer or district 65 would not provide substantially stronger advocacy, they conclude. Staunch solidarity among workers can sometimes prove painful, as followers of the recent air traffic controllers' debacle can attest. A union's ability to mobilize support through unity not-withstanding, it may be said that the Med Area's clerical and technical workers fear strikes and the uncertainty they create as much as their present employer does. Or, it may be that they think District 65 is merely seeking 850 dues-paying members for the money...
...seem more likely, until District 65 wins a representation election. Even then, if Harvard feels strongly enough, the University's lawyers can simply refuse to recognize the union, forcing District 65 to take Harvard to court. There, Harvard effective attorneys can challenge the NLRB's 1977 ruling that the Med Area composes an "appropriate" bargaining unit. It could take months, years, for a verdict to be reached. And in the meantime, the 30-percent annual turnover rate among clerical and technical employees in the Med Area would give the unit an entirely different face. Part of District 65's current...
...other hand, District 65 loses another election in April, its Med Area initiative will be severely--perhaps irreparably--damaged. Yet another rejection would constitute a clear message; a mandate, as it were, to cease organizing...