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HUERA subsequently files an unfair labor practice suit with the NLRB, listing the incidents of March, April and May. The NLRB in turn issues a complaint without speaking to Crockett or other principals involved...
This week: The executive board tentatively reinstates Crockett, but removes his exclusive signing rights as president. From now on, all official documents must be signed by HUERA's president and another union executive. The NLRB investigation continues...
...union made overtures to the University to discuss the unfair labor practice suit after it lost its suit against Crockett. One administration source said recently, "They're being conciliatory because they lost the case. How can the union go to the NLRB and expect to win an unfair labor practice when the union's president is testifying for the company...
HUERA's attorney Flynn denied that the union's decision to sit down with Harvard was prompted by its failure to remove Crockett as president. "The NLRB is obligated to encourage labor peace--and the union is willing to make an honest effort to settle this thing...
Unions have fared poorly in the South, where only 10% to 15% of the 655,000 textile workers are organized. The textile union chose Stevens as its prime target for organization in 1963. The company fought back so hard that the NLRB cited it 22 times for violations of federal labor rules, and in 1977 a New York court branded it "the most notorious recidivist in the field of labor law." Stevens' image was also bruised by the 1979 film Norma Rae, which was about the drive to organize Stevens workers in Roanoke Rapids...