Word: unioned
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...aforementioned sense of community, doubted among outsiders, is a very real and powerful kinship arising from shared experience. Whereas the River Houses lack continuity, the Quad is a united federation like the European Union. On one hand we are composed of autonomous nations--Great Britain, France, Spain--and distinct and independent Houses--Currier, Cabot, Pforzhemier. On the other hand, we are linked by the documents we carry in order to travel: the common Euro passport and, in our case, the indispensable Shuttle schedule. We also, therefore, tend to identify ourselves in this supranational context; one often says "I live...
While a majority of Harvard's employees areunion members, the number of casual employeesdraws ire not only from the Living Wage Campaign,but also from union organizers...
...union organizers from the HarvardUnion of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW)the casual workforce is not just a stepping stonefor workers, but also a method for Harvard todivide up one regular, benefit-paying job into twopart-time non-benefit paying jobs...
...other union officials say Harvard recentlyhas been moving in the opposite direction fromwage increases with all of its workers...
When Local 254 of the Service EmploymentInternational Union renegotiated the contract forHarvard's custodial staff in the fall of 1996, theresult was an agreement in which wages were frozenand benefits slashed...