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...this sounds innocuous enough, and yet the janitors’ renegotiations demonstrate how pernicious no strike clauses can be. The last contract the janitors made was negotiated by a union that was so notoriously corrupt it was put under international trusteeship in 2001. The more robust union representing the janitors today wanted to renegotiate that contract early, and it was able to do so as a result of the labor demonstrations last spring. But since the negotiations were conducted nine months before the old contract was fit to expire, the no strike clause was firmly in effect, limiting the union?...
There is a deceptively simple explanation for why the janitors did not made plans to walk out: Their contract prevented them from doing...
...called “no strike” clauses are a common feature of labor contracts these days. Harvard has no strike clauses in almost all its labor contracts, according to the University’s chief labor negotiator David Jones. The SEIU blanket contract for Massachusetts also has a provision against striking during the term of the contract...
...course, if and when the contract expires, the workers are released from the no strike clause and may picket or strike if they so desire. Jones said in an interview that the no strike clause was simply there to “ensure labor peace during the term of the contract...
...janitors concluded negotiations with the University on Wednesday, accepting an $11.35 starting wage that would be increased to $13.50 by 2005. This was far below the $13.40 starting wage first demanded by the union. The contract has some major accomplishments; the new health insurance plan does not require worker contributions and Harvard has agreed to offer parity wages to its non-union janitors. Still, if Tuesday’s civil disobedience had the effect the union claims it did—of embarrassing Harvard into accepting union demands—one wonders how much the union sacrificed in wage hikes...