Word: huctw
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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October 1987: UAW withdraws its organizing efforts from the Harvard campus, acknowledging HUCTW's larger base of support...
December 1987: HUCTW begins the complicated process of getting a union election by distributing union cards to support staff. Employees who endorse the union sign the cards and then return them to organizers...
February 6, 1988: Civil rights leader Coretta Scott King writes a letter to Harvard support staff endorsing HUCTW and its parent union, AFSCME...
February 22, 1988: At a rally attended by approximately 700 employees, students and other supporters, HUCTW announces that it has recieved signed union cards from a majority of support staff and that it will file its petition for an election by the end of March...
March 1, 1988: Rep. Barney Frank '62 (D-Mass.) writes a letter endorsing HUCTW and criticizing the antiunion campaigning of the University. Sen Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass.) and his nephew Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II (D-Mass.) also say they support the union's efforts...