Word: huctw
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Last Friday when the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) became a member of the American Federation of State, Country and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), local union leaders gained renewed confidence, as well as strong organizational and financial support, in their effort to win the endorsement of Harvard's 3800 support staff...
Affiliation with the 1.1 million member AFSCME, which has 75,000 university employee members nationwide, has made HUCTW leaders confident that the union will finally garner recognition after four failed attempts to win endorsement from Harvard workers...
...HUCTW, which is attempting to organize Harvard employees including secretaries, research assistants and health-care workers, will not gain formal recognition as a bargaining unit until it is approved by a majority of these staff members, according to federal...
Union proponents said that AFSCME will better reflect HUCTW concerns than other national unions have done in the past. AFSCME has been a leader in women's issues, such as pay equity, and that appeals to HUCTW, which is trying to organize a labor pool that is 83 percent female as part of a "national struggle for the working woman," said Kristine Rondeau, a HUCTW organizer...
...national union will back HUCTW "as long asit takes" the union to gain support. To convince amajority of the 3800 workers to vote for the unioncould take between six months to a year, accordingto estimates made by the national office...