Word: supportively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Dalton's supporters at the Law School said they expected the discrimination suit to reach a trial, and that at such a hearing she would receive wide faculty support...
...support staff organized for a union, students joined in the cause, doing union paperwork, holding rallies and tabling in the dining halls for student support. At a meeting with President Bok, students presented a petition with 3000 signatures and the endorsement of 21 campus organizations demanding administration neutrality...
...departure of Gerstell, who had been expected to rob LoPresti of some much-needed support, left the two candidates to slug it out--sometimes nastily--over which one was more genuinely devoted to liberal goals...
...coaches ice hockey, and has employed a chauffeur for the past several years, LoPresti has developed a strong base of support in Winthrop and Cambridge...
Despite the anti-union campaign--and, in some cases, because of it--a majority of the support staff voted for the union. Yet, the administration jumped in to challenge the verdict. Even though the closeness of the vote may have justified this interference, Harvard's action casts further doubt on its attitude toward workers and their ability to decide their own fate. Such challenges are a common tactic for employers to delay a union's certification and contract negotiations; the University has already dragged out past union election bids for as long as two years--decreasing awareness of the issues...