Word: unionism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...union wants: one, a closed shop; two, an increase in wages and three an abolition of the compulsory insurance plan which has been forced upon the workers by the University...
...leader revealed that with only three dissenting votes three hundred union members had-voted to walk out next Monday, "If we can't get a closed shop, we expect as least an increase in salaries and the removal of the compulsory insurance deduction from the pay checks...
Pointing out that the effect of the walk-out will be the complete breakdown of the dining hall systems in the Houses, at the Union and graduate school eating places, Stefani announced that A.F. of L. teamsters had pledged their support and will refuse to deliver food to the College. At the same time the strike will have the active backing of the Cambridge Central Labor Union, an organization of 30,000 workers in the city...
Among reforms in departmental procedure put forward is the establishment of committees, elected by the whole of each department, including instructors, and having a rotating membership. The purpose of such committees as defined by the Union report would be to investigate from all angles the qualifications of candidates for appointment or promotion in order to "make possible a better selection of personnel...
...main proposals of the Teachers' Union Committee on appointment and tenure are as follows...