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...International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) staff member and student organizers of the Cotrell and Leonard graduation gown boycott yesterday picketed in front of the Harvard Coop and offered a second alternative gown to graduating students...
...group decided to picket the Coop to publicize the availability of a second alternative gown, Blair Goodman, an ILGWU staff member based in Albany, said yesterday...
...issue to Argeros' attention last October in a letter informing him of the horrendous working conditions at Cotrell & Leonard and of a National Labor Relations Board's complaint against this company (for unfair labor practices). Five months later, Argeros finally responded--but not with the boycott requested by the ILGWU and by some Harvard students. He resolved instead that the Coop would provide an alternate, thereby allowing each individual a choice of which cap and gown to order. Yet, the Coop's recent actions indicate that the Coop is not truly committed to presenting individuals with a choice, but rather...
...ILGWU requested a card-count last summer, but the company refused, citing a U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that card-count elections usually are not a good indication of workers' attitudes...
...ILGWU recently filed another charge against Cotrell and Leonard for counter-picketing the strikers. But the company's management had nothing to do with organizing that action, June McPhail, secretary to the working employees of Cotrell and Leonard, said yesterday...