Word: unionism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Jack Gallahue, president-elect of the Carmen's Union, said the problems in providing service are not caused by poor worker productivity...
...Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts (CLUM) will issue a report today charging Boston University (B.U.) with violating the rights of both students and professors...
John Silber is never one to back down in a confrontation. Cool, brilliant, and articulate, he fires verbal salvos with wilting accuracy--he once described faculty activists as "coffee house unionists" and reminded a student union president of his "pimples...
They got more than they bargained for. He insulted, antagonized, and offended professors who were used to kid-glove treatment. When a faculty union sprang up he refused to deal with it until compelled to do so by the National Labor Relations Board. After receiving criticism from the student press he approved a new publication policy preventing student activity fees from financing publications...
...people see Silber in such a charitable light. No one denies that he is brilliant and enormously articulate, but many believe he is using his talents to the detriment of Boston University. For example, his critics say his abrasiveness and intransigence in labor negotiations were a major stimulus for union activity at B.U., which has had three strikes within the last year...