Nevertheless, Jaeger says the UJC gives theunion a chance to interact with a variety ofHarvard administrators and to discuss "excitingideas about staff participation."
According to Jaeger, these issues of employeeinvolvement are just the kind of broad, structuraltopics which HUCTW ought to address as it entersits second decade.
"There's probably not going to be bigdemonstrations in the next two years or highlypublicized negotiating fights, but there are bigquestions we're trying to make progress on," hesays.A Brief History of Overtime 1988 MAY: Harvard's employees vote, by anarrow margin, to form a union. Harvard appealsthe vote to the National Labor Relations Board. 1992 JUNE: HUCTW contract expires. Union andUniversity remain deadlocked over issues ofemployee compensation. DECEMBER: Rev. Jesse L. Jacksonaddresses thousands of union supporters at a rallyin Harvard Yard, endorsing HUCTW's position in theincreasingly strained labor negotiations. Asettlement between HUCTW and the University isreached early in the following year. 1994 JUNE: Harvard and unions deadlock, onceagain, over the issue of health benefits forpart-time employees. 1996 NOVEMBER-DECEMBER: Union supporters holdprotests outside Provost Albert Carnesale's officeand President Neil L. Rudenstine's home. Thecontroversy is resolved the following year. 1997 MARCH: Provost Carnesale announces thathe will step down as Provost to become Chancellorof UCLA. 1998 JANUARY: Timothy Manning announces hewill step down as Director of Labor Relations toaccept a job in the private sector. MARCH: HUCTW votes to extend its currentcontract, which was not set to expire until 1999.The new agreement is set to expire in 2001.