Word: units
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...drive to form a union for clerical and technical employees in the Medical Area. The unionizing effort has won the support of a vast majority of Medical Area workers, but Harvard has opposed the formation of the union, contending that the Medical Area is an "inappropriate bargaining unit" under the National Labor Relations Act. National Labor Relations Board hearings were held to determine whether Medical Area Employees share "a separate community of interest...
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...then scheduled hearing in which District '65 has tried to show that Medical Area employees share a separate community of interest, and Harvard has sought to demonstrate that the Medical Area is just one small part of a big centralized University. Harvard has held that the only appropriate bargaining unit for clerical and technical personnel would be University-wide...
Originally, Harvard seemed to want to represent itself as simply anxious to comply with the law. The University was implying that it was opposing the establishment of a union in the Medical Area, only because it would be an inappropriate bargaining unit, making it appear that its tactic was also its motivation. The absurdity of this position is readily apparent, since all that had to happen for the Medical Area to become an appropriate bargaining unit was for Harvard not to oppose the union...
...there is another factor that might affect the election. The NLRB will decide during the summer whether the Medical Area is an appropriate unit. If it determines that it is, and if a Harvard appeal fails, assuming Harvard appeals at all, the hearings will enter a second phase. The focus of that phase will be to decide which classifications of employees should be part of the union. Conceivably, a large group of employees who support the union and have signed cards will be eliminated, particularly if the NLRB rules that employees classified as Research Assistant II--a group of paraprofessionals...