Word: stand
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...resolution did not mark the council's first stand on HUCTW. Only the spring before, the body endorsed the union's goals. But the precedent did not curtail opposition from representatives last fall who felt strongly that the council should not address issues which did not directly affect students...
Some labor experts attribute the labor movement's resurging momentum to the increased number of women in unions--they are, according to experts, initiating new formulas to old problems. And because Rondeau and her 83 percent female union have taken an active stand in molding new forms of collective bargaining, other parts of the labor movement--including the traditional, mostly male unions at Harvard--will be forced to respond...
...charges are true, I would hate to see a good year marred by the administration being afraid to take a stand for women and bowing to fears of legal retaliation from the accused," says Lisa C. Ferrell, a representative to the Law School Council. "A lot of women are afraid of this...
Many say Bok's refusal to divest totally of Harvard's South Africa-related investments--despite more than a decade of pressure from campus and alumni activists--is typical of this attitude. The president's stand is so firm that his associates generally refer to divestment as a matter already settled, citing the effort they say Bok has put into examining the issue...
Crimson: Some people in women's studieshave suggested that one way to [increase the sizeof the department] is for Radcliffe to getinvolved and take an active interest. Would you bewilling to stand up at a faculty meeting andadvocate that...