Word: sullivans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...HUERA is dead!" charges Edward T. Sullivan, chairman of the 3,000 member Local. "It isn't representing anybody...
...Sullivan admits only that the University has "comparable" rates. "If Harvard wants to be second in anything, we think they should publish it. Harvard is a leader in other fields, and should lead in wages...
...Sullivan terms his a "strong union" and claims that it would be able to back up its demands at the bargaining table. He thinks the HUERA lacks the strength and contractual right to assert its demands...
...University has followed a policy of strict neutrality during the AFL campaign. "We prefer that they remain neutral," Sullivan says, adding that his Local is neutral toward the University. "You can't call a guy a bum, and then go in and ask him for raises," he explains...
Local 254 regards its paid, full-time employees as a decisive factor in its favor, however. "The president of the HUERA is a janitor," notes Sullivan, a recent graduate of the Trade Union Program of the Graduate School of Business Administration. "That's the main difference. We are professionals, working all day, everyday for our members." He adds that officers who are not financially dependent upon the University could bargain more freely...