{"id":22,"date":"2005-05-17T17:31:30","date_gmt":"2005-05-17T21:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/fensterm\/2005\/05\/17\/strike-nstar-havard-pslm-is-there\/"},"modified":"2006-09-11T16:37:19","modified_gmt":"2006-09-11T20:37:19","slug":"strike-nstar-havard-pslm-is-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/fensterm\/2005\/05\/17\/strike-nstar-havard-pslm-is-there\/","title":{"rendered":"STRIKE!!! Nstar: Havard PSLM is there."},"content":{"rendered":"

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“panorama”<\/p>\n

Nstar, Mass Ave, Dorchester – Members of UWUA Local 369 walk the picket line.<\/span><\/div>\n

Alerted by mailing lists of the Harvard Social Forum and the Progressive Student Labor Movement, students and workers from Harvard joined members of the Utility Workers Union of America Local 369<\/a> on the picket lines at local NStar installations. Students mostly went to the nearest installation in Somerville. Many Harvard workers, however, cannot afford to live near campus since the end of rent control. Most live in communities like Jamaica Plain and Dorchester:<\/font><\/p>\n

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Women and men of UWUA in Dorchester. [This blog lives on a server in Cambridge :)] <\/span>
\nMaureen is secretary for DigSafe, Joanne for Underground. And friends.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nUnlike Harvard, all the workers are in the same union. The men mostly aren’t clerical workers but technical workers. They could be the Nstar Union Clerical and Technical Workers [NUCTW] if they wanted to. I think they like the current arrangement better.<\/p>\n

The two largest issues are:<\/p>\n

1. Compromised safety due to understaffing.
\n2. Attack on pension benefits.<\/p>\n

The union members have community support.
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Councillor at Large Maura Hennigan representing the City of Boston and friends.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The guy by the door representing Harvard Union Labor, Harvard Social Forum,<\/span>
\n and Progressive Student Labor Movement and friends.
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And it goes on into the night.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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