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...April 2, Berry, the University's director of dining services, fired Darryl Hicks, a cook and labor union shop steward in the Harvard Union dining hall. In the letter informing Hicks of his termination, Berry--affectionately dubbed the mealtime messiah by many students--cited Hicks' "unacceptable performance and conduct as an employee" and "numerous prior warnings...
Hicks, who began working at Harvard in late 1987 and was elected shop steward in 1990, has been contesting disciplinary action taken against him by dining hall administrators dating back to early 1988, just a few short months after he was hired...
...Management has a history of racial prejudice, intimidation and threats," said Co-chief Shop Steward Edward B. Childs, who is white. "We have a history of complaints against [D'Andria] from workers. The Freshman Union has been known for this for sometime since she started there and it's one of the factors that workers transfer out and don't transfer back...
...know he does a good job, I support him," said one employee. "He's a very good shop steward...
Several employees and labor union shop stewards have come to Hicks' defense over the last week, with some asserting that they had been harassed while on break, or for calling in sick. A petition, co-written by Hicks and Assistant Chief Shop Steward James Neil and demanding Hicks' reinstatement, is expected to begin circulating among other labor union shop stewards today...