Word: workers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...believe in democracy," says one worker, who started organizing for unionization in the 1970's. "It makes people feel better if they can participate in the decisions that affect their lives. If they feel better, they work better...
Throughout its campaign to organize Harvard's 4000 support staff, the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) has focused on employee self-representation, instead of organizing around specific economic complaints. Union leaders say the particular issues pale in comparison with the broader quest for worker empowerment...
...administrators say this worker dissatisfaction is unfounded. When the University pay scale and benefits are measured against other employers, Harvard does measure up. Workers opposed to the union say that they haven't found any evidence that the union would improve their material benefits...
...HUCTW rally attended by more than 500 support staff members, the seven other unions at Harvard announce their support of HUCTW's organizing efforts in the first-ever alliance of the campus unions. The alliance ensures worker solidarity in the event of any future strikes...
...election is delayed past this spring employees don't stand to benefit. HUCTW has made attempts to contact every worker, and the administration plans to do the same--so campus awareness and debate over the issues are at an all-time high. But about one-third of all support staff leave their posts each year, most during the summer. The election must be held this spring so that the results will accurately reflect the opinion of an informed electorate...