Word: supervisoral
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard again acted unwisely in the case of Sherman Holcombe, a kitchen worker and union shop steward who was suspended in February after an altercation with his supervisor. Holcombe's treatment in the wake of his suspension was lamentable; the entire case pointed up glaring flaws--as yet not rectified--in the University's internal grievance mechanism. Holcombe's case proved that a worker cannot receive a fair hearing if his immediate supervisor--who is often a party to the dispute--is also called upon to conduct the investigation into the case...
...hopes in his system the girl would call the unit supervisor--the person who could take care of her problem...
...plan, developed by County Supervisor Baxter Ward, is unusual for its proposed financing. Initially, a series of massive bond offerings was contemplated, but state officials advised that the sale would glut the market. The plan now calls for a penny increase in the local sales tax, increasing the rate in Los Angeles to 7? on the dollar. That is expected to raise $289 million the first year and $300 million in each succeeding year. In an authoritative voice former Television Newscaster Ward says: "Nobody else is going to pay for mass transit. If we wait for the Federal Government...
...case of Paul Glass, recently suspended for four days without pay, appears to be another example of the racist, arbitrary treatment aimed at oppressing nationality workers by this university. Mr. Glass, working at Harvard since 1972, found it impossible to get approval from his supervisor, Mr. Buford Simpson, to continue his education by taking courses at Northeastern University. On at least two occasions (11/7/75, 10/22/75) when Harvard charged that Mr. Glass was late, it exaggerated considerably his tardiness...
...control. We're of the old school that feels the management should control." Some older workers say they would have a different attitude if they were younger. "Pursuing a career, and being a woman, I'd want it," one woman says. Most older workers believe the young supervisor's concept of a common goal and also accept Gibson's concern that, with unionization, the third floor would lose its "flexibility." "Everything would tend to get frozen," Gibson continues, "everything would be codified in a considerably more detailed way than...