Word: unionism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...then described her working day and told what improvements she feels her union has brought. Waitresses have three periods of work: the breakfast time from 7:45 to 10:15 o'clock; lunch period from 13 to 2:15 o'clock; and dinner from 5 to 7:45 o'clock. They spend their time off in the mornings and afternoons playing bridge and sewing in the recreation rooms or resting in their own homes...
...have an eight-hour day. Before the union began organizing us, the College made us work our sight hours at any time it wanted. Some days we would get our jobs done early and other times we would have to work until 9:30 at night. The union put a stop to all this and forced the College to give us set hours...
...under of students than the German Department, nothing comparable to the Germanic Museum exists. A student interested merely in French civilization must visit five buildings: French art is displayed at Fogg, French music is available in Paine Hall, French literature high up in Widener, French phonograph records at the Union, and French movies at the Geographical Institute. Nowhere is there a permanent exhibit of French photographs, maps, sketches, statues, or paintings; nor is there any logical center for French extra-curricular lectures, or for the now moribund French Club. These basic defects--decentralization and inadequacy--are also found...
Labor leaders on the other hand insisted that the 300 A.F. of L. employee of the University has spoken and that "they won't yield an inch." They claimed their demand for a closed shop was justified, pointing out that the 10 percent who have not joined the union are enjoying the benefits of the Federation's bargaining and yet are refusing to contribute their share...
Abolition of the compulsory insurance plan, which the union says is forced arbitrarily upon Harvard workers, is another bone of contention between employer and employees. Stefani stated that the labor group prefers U. S. Social Security to Harvard's benefit system...