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...experts say that legal delays in a unioncertification process often weaken the union'sbase of support and that Harvard's choice toappeal will be publicly perceived as a stronganti-union tactic...
Dukakis has one other card left to play. In the final fortnight, he is counting on that frequent, and sometimes effective, tactic of a losing candidate: the TV blitz. The campaign has already thrown out his old spots and begun running new ones that feature Dukakis talking quietly and directly to the American people about his views. That too will be the approach of a series of five-minute spots that began airing over the weekend. Dukakis even plans to get his message out in one or more 30-minute addresses, although that ploy will probably send viewers scrambling...
HUCTW used public support to pressure Harvard to "negotiate not litigate," accusing the University of stalling the election as a tactic in an anti-union campaign...
...union called Harvard's appeal an anti-union tactic, accusing them of using the delay to take advantage of summer employee turnover--which is near 40 percent--to weaken the union. If Harvard had won its appeal the vote would have been retaken...
Labor experts again said that although delays of this sort are a common anti-union tactic, if the University had evidence that the union was guilty of unfair labor practices, the challenge was not unreasonable...