Word: trudel
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...students and faculty allowed to speak out about issues pertaining to their welfare while non-academic employees cannot do so without suffering reprisals? Why are workers such as myself and Paul Trudel of Central Copy Services treated so badly because we believe in bettering our working conditions and our lives? Why do most workers only complain about their gripes in private, afraid to exercise their constitutional right to free speech in public...
Edward W. Powers, director of employee relations, this week completed a preliminary investigation into Trudel's firing, and announced that he found no signs that Trudel was fired for any reasons other than the "poor performance of job" his supervisor officially cited. But Powers, bound by University policy, could only speak with Trudel's immediate superiors; by his own admission, a more extensive inquiry is still in order...
District 65 last week filed an unfair labor practices charge on Trudel's behalf with the National Labor Relations Board. Harvard has apparently chosen to fight out the Trudel case in the NLRB rather than internally. Powers turned the investigation over to Ropes and Gray, Harvard's law firm, with this decision in mind...
Earlier this week, Trudel was also informed that he can file a grievance with the University concerning his firing. Trudel has said he will file the grievance, but like Harvard, he and his attorneys seem to be placing their ultimate faith in the NLRB investigation...
Meanwhile, Harvard should reinstate Trudel immediately, and should withdraw its opposition to the unfair labor practices charge until it has taken both Trudel's and his co-workers' depositions. The University should complete a fulland open investigation of the matter before the case is remanded to the NLRB...