Word: membership
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...members of the Harvard community, we hope the union will reevaluate its current stance. If a large percentage of the duespaying membership becomes disenfranchised, barred from the process, the union is threatening its own hopes for success. An effective way to destroy an organization is to cause dissension within, and it seems most unwise for an organization to do it to itself...
...HUCTW is not willing to listen to all the support staff it represents, perhaps it will listen to supporters. We call on the Harvard students who supported the union cause and the Undergraduate Council, whose membership backed HUCTW's cries for assistance, to throw their energies into supporting the truly voiceless members of the Harvard community, those who cannot go to the Harvard administration because they are now represented by a union which feels they are unworthy to speak. Barbara Anderson Kathleen Kennedy Carmelle Bransfield Lucilia M. Santos Gina G. Curry Constance Sinclair Lori Ann David Jan Surette Mary Galvin
...week of the election, my organizer met with me and explained that I would not be able to vote myself, as I had begun working after last spring's election and had not yet had an opportunity to sign a membership card...
...felt that last week's election of representatives to the pre-negotiation sessions with the University only served to strengthen my support and faith in the union. Although I was unable to vote myself because I joined the Harvard staff too late to sign a membership card, I in no way felt badly or left out. I realize that the union had to make a decision regarding who would be eligible to vote at this time, and I respect their decision. I will have plenty of opportunities to take part more actively in the future, and I look forward...
...faction's marches and disruption of Masses at St. Patrick's Cathedral to protest the tough new church line. Some chapters have found priests willing to celebrate Masses quietly in non-Catholic buildings, but often with dwindling attendance. Other chapters have disbanded. Nonetheless, 104 chapters remain, and nationwide membership is holding...