Word: traded
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...seemed as if Sullivan would have no trouble getting the BGMA membership to designate his union as their bargaining agent. He even sent a supply of "authorization cards," which, if signed by a majority of the BGMA members, would have made Sullivan the bargaining agent. But something called "trade identity" was to play a much larger role in the BGMA's search for a new union than Sullivan had, perhaps, expected...
Essentially, trade identity means that the different groups within the Local will not be merged or confused. Carpenters, for example, can remain sure that they will always be considered carpenters and that the bargainers will negotiate in the interests of their particular needs and desires. The BGMA contracts have special wage settlements for each craft and Sullivan indicated that he would continue the practice of bargaining for "units." Nonetheless, many BGMA members, who trace the founding of their union to a desire to preserve trade identity, were wary. Even if the unit bargaining were continued, they feared that Sullivan would...
...autumn the BGMA officers found an organization that seemed to combine just what they required--professional bargainers, trade identity preservation, and AFL-CIO affiliation. This organization, ponderously named the Boston Crafts Maintenance Council, had an extra bonus since it would permit the old BGMA members to preserve some of their former autonomy...
Actually, the Boston Crafts Maintenance Council isn't a union at all but is a council of business agents for the Boston locals of the AFL-CIO affiliated trade unions. Under the BCMC plan for Harvard, the BGMA would be disbanded and each former member would join the union appropriate...
...University's employees are proud to work at Harvard, the security and prestige of their jobs won't silence their demands. Its not like the old days when "no one complained because getting a job at Harvard was like being elected to the U.S. Senate." to his trade. When it came time for negotiations, not one, but five, business agents would meet with Harvard. What made the BCMC plan especially attractive was the provision that some members of the old BGMA would be named to the bargaining committee and that the business agents would not sign the contracts until they...