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...adds. “There was good communication between the union and the leadership at Radcliffe,” director of the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers Bill Jaeger says of the lay-offs. “There was effort to minimize the disruption in workers?? lives. Some of the attrition was done by not filling open jobs, but there were still a number of people who involuntarily lost their jobs.”As the cut-backs may have come largely as a surprise to many workers, this difficult process was made even more complicated...
While this may seem overly cynical about the state of labor relations at Harvard, it is obvious from looking at the track record of our administration that workers?? rights are simply not their priority—and the Harvard security officers’ labor struggle is a clear example of this...
...electoral process, and the war in Iraq. “As president, I will ask the American people to participate in our own conservation policy, an energy audit of our own personal lives,” Kucinich said, outlining his plan for bilateral trade conditioned on workers?? rights and environmental quality principles. Kucinich called for decreasing reliance on coal, oil, and nuclear energy by suggesting the introduction of solar and wind technologies for mass consumption. And Kucinich’s plans for reform extend past the environmental arena—at Friday’s talk he questioned...
Over 80 Harvard students, workers, and community members participated in a labor rally in front of the Holyoke Center yesterday afternoon in support of workers?? rights, highlighting the upcoming contract negotiation of Harvard’s recently unionized security guards that will be the focus of labor efforts this spring...
...show up at your door (these cards can be signed anywhere) asking you to sign a pro-union petition, it’s hard to say no. Not only could union bosses watch as workers vote on unionization, they could also “explain” (read: misrepresent) workers?? rights and even control the actual cards...