Word: supportively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When many pro-union support staff at Harvard are asked what complaints they have with the University, they say they have none. They want a union because it would give them a voice, making them an integral part of decision-making on campus...
Throughout its campaign to organize Harvard's 4000 support staff, the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) has focused on employee self-representation, instead of organizing around specific economic complaints. Union leaders say the particular issues pale in comparison with the broader quest for worker empowerment...
Unless the University steps in to support PBH with a financial boost, fiscal and physical dangers may result from PBH's over-hasty expansion. The dangers became apparent last July when a PBH van carrying summer camp children flipped over on the Mass. Turnpike. The van was filled to double the legal capacity because, according to officials, PBH did not have enough money to buy more vans. Although the 29 children and counselors sustained minor injuries, a major tragedy was narrowly escaped. The University and PBH cannot allow risks like these to occur simply for lack of money or poor...
...unreal. It's so wierd that this is actually happening, when we've waited for so long," said one support staff member, clipping a Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) button onto her lapel...
...thought this day might never come--it's thrilling," said a support staff member who has been organizing with the union since the mid-1970s...