Word: union
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...upperclassmen, four freshmen, and four Cliffies on all these committees would constitute the new Student Council. The Radcliffe Union of Students is not part of the planned council. After the Harvard-Radcliffe merger, Hanify suggested, the three Radcliffe Houses might each add a member to the Committee on Houses...
...three years ago, however, Harvard, like many other institutions, came under pressure to correct obvious discrimination in its hiring practices. As a result, the University hired more black workers in certain fields. Several workers were made "painter's helpers." receiving pay lower than that of painters. as dictated by union contract. The fact of the matter is, however, that these mer do exactly the same work as painters, but continue to be paid less money, essentially because they are black. Some of these "helpers" have been here as long as sixteen months, and only one has been promoted to painter...
Lawrence A. Hodston, a Harvard painter and shop steward of local 1138 (Harvard) of the Painter's Union, said last night that the six-man committee set up Friday to investigate the painters' helpers issue should examine the helpers' on-the-job work in order to judge their qualifications for promotion...
...year contract between the maintenance workers, including the painters, ceased at midnight. The University and union officials are still negotiating. The latest University offer will be considered by the union in meetings this week. At that time the union members will vote one of three options; accepting the offer and signing the contract; rejecting the offer, but continuing to work while waiting for a better offer from the University: or rejecting the offer and going "out on strike...
...major issue between the University and the union representatives, acording to informed sources, is wage rates...