Word: uaw
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Kenneth E. Reeves '72--36, attorney for United Auto Workers (UAW); founding member of Cambridge Rent Control Coalition; former president of Black Harvard Alumni; board member, Philips Brooks House...
...year union drive has already left a stamp on Harvard. The $1 million dental plan--a benefit the union has pushed for throughout its drive--was largely a result of the UAW's presence in the workplace...
...national and local leaderships of the United Auto Workers (UAW) split over organizing tactics. The national UAW wanted to rely on its prestige and to organize through heavy does of literature in the workplace while the local leaders pushed to continue their one-on-one, grass-roots style of organizing. The local leaders, reacting to the UAW's top-heavy organizing strategy, formed a separate group, preliminary to an official union. The new group must be ratified by the NLRB after a majority of Harvard workers approves it--a conclusion expected after a scheduled spring vote...
...only must a clerical and technical workers' union be officially established at Harvard, but we think it must contain leadership that is immediately accountable; logically, a union close to its constituency can provide such leadership. We therefore support the former local leaders of the UAW and their newly formed Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers. If the local leadership should subsequently choose to affiliate with another national union--a choice which appears likely--we hope they will continue to maintain their high standards and resiliency...
...local UAW organizers split to form the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers. "We are pretty much back to business as usual," says former UAW organizer Martha Robb...