Word: jaeger
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...Bill Jaeger, director of HUCTW, said that the NLC is exaggerating the problem, and although the prospect of layoffs is scary to employees, the activist group is misrepresenting the magnitude of upcoming job cuts...
...union are worried about the fact that there have been some layoffs in some parts of the University, and they really want to feel as secure as possible and really support a goal of trying to make sure everybody has a place at Harvard,” said Jaeger. “The vast majority of members of the union line up pretty strongly behind our main philosophical idea about security at Harvard, which is that it’s not practical or effective for a union to say nothing should ever change. Clearly the university is undergoing some huge...
Rather than trying to fight the inevitable layoffs, the union management is focusing on building a safety net for those it affects most directly, according to Jaeger. HUCTW is currently negotiating a new “Work Security” clause that would give preference to previous Harvard employees when new positions open...
...There needs to be effective organization and a strong community and we need solidarity, and we need to hear all of our coworkers’ stories, and we need to care about all of each others’ issues,” said Bill Jaeger, director of HUCTW. “We need to live out the ideal that every person matters...
...Some of us work in departments facing layoffs,” Jaeger said in his speech. “And we’re about job security more than anything. In the next couple of months we’re going to have to change some managers’ minds and challenge some prevailing priorities. That’s hard work but we are certainly ready...