Word: steiner
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...They had a long talk, and they didn't throw eggs at each other," Daniel Steiner '54, general counsel to the University, said yesterday...
...indeed a far cry from the paternalism of Pusey, for Powers is a tough negotiator. But toughness can become an obsession. By trying to maintain a hard-line image, Powers may have forgotten compromise can be as effective a bargaining tool as intimidation. Steiner says, "It would be a major concern to me if we had a bitter relationship with our employees...
...past ten years, Congress has extended laws that regulate unemployment compensation, hiring practices and labor-management relations to universities. At the same time, it has slashed their federal funding. These changes have made the University a more impersonal place, Steiner says. "It's unfortunate, but it's a recognizable fact. This place isn't as homey as it used to be." The workers evidently liked it better the way it used...
When President Bok replaced Pusey in 1971, he reorganized the University's administrative structure to accomodate these changes.. This included a shake-up of employee relations, staff. For Pusey's director of personnel, Bok substituted in-house lawyers--Steiner as general counsel and Power as associate general counsel--to handle legal issues related to employees. "There was a definite conscious attempt at reorganization," Powers says. "Bok made this a more business-oriented university, and brought in people to make it more businesslike," he adds...
Although Harvard workers are not bitterly alienated from the University, many are dissatisfied and frustrated with the University's seeming lack of respect for their needs. Harvard should re-think its negotiating style and tactics. If it doesn't, Steiner may have something to worry about...