Description:
AFL-CIO ENDORSES JIM SHANNON ON STATE HOUSE STEPS
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
08/20/1984
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Description:
Buildings and grounds workers strike at Boston University. AFL-CIO Local 254 picket signs. Trash has accumulated all over campus. Overflowing waste barrels, litter strewn on walkways. Custodial staff emerges from union meeting. Graffiti “Support the strike” and “No scabs.” Food debris spread on lawn. Garbage spilling out of dumpster. Trash bags piled around BFI receptacle.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
11/08/1978
Description:
Interiors of Boston City Hall. Kevin White holds press conference on the Tregor Bill. Exteriors of Boston City Hall from several angles. Kevin White answers questions from the press. He specifically talks about the role of the fire department union in the Tregor Bill negotiations. Interview with man answering further questions on the legal and staffing issues concerning the Tregor Bill.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
11/30/1981
Description:
People leaving meeting at Boston University. Interview with Howard Zinn on vote to remove John Silber as BU president. Zinn says acts of conscience and criticism of administration result in retribution. He calls for a change in the situation at BU. Interview with John Silber, who says BU is a place of debate and academic freedom without repression. Faculty assembly votes (456 to 215) to ask Board of Trustees to dismiss Silber. Press conference held by psychology professor Joe Speisman, who speaks on behalf of faculty. Other professors, student leader Maureen Sultzer, and District 65 labor union representative Carol Yorman speak about their support of the vote to remove Silber from office and other related matters.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
12/18/1979
