Word: respecter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Probably because many empathized with the union. Child care, pay equity and career advancement are all areas in which Harvard has failed its female work force, both management and labor. The University has failed to recognize and respect women workers, leaving them in middle management and turning to men and outsiders for to posts. A case in point is Ronald Petty, the new personnel director, who oversees the mostly female support staff and its supervisors...
...This year we made a big step," Pratt said. "We gained the respect of all the teams in the East...
...Harvard is truly the diverse atmosphere it claims to be, then it is definitely interested in preserving some of this culture. It should also want to respect the lifestyle and divergent needs of its Black newcomers. An institution that once so vehemently denied the admission of many Blacks should not turn around to admit Black students and then proceed to cast doubt on segments of their culture, simply because the administration lacks an adequate understanding of it. Such action, as evidenced by a doubt-casting investigation, shows that Harvard is bending over backwards to demonstrate disrespect...
...attacks the neutrality campaign, saying that "the notion that Harvard's opposition will intimidate staff members and coerce them into voting against the union reflects surprisingly little respect for their independence of mind." One can only hope that staff members and students have enough independence of mind to recognize that the "facts" disseminated by the President of Harvard University are not facts...
Even if the cheerleaders do not receive as much official support and respect as they would like; members of the team say they will continue to participate simply because they enjoy what they do every Saturday afternoon during the football season...