Bindery Employees Vote to Join AFL

University bindery employees yesterday voted to affiliate with the A.F.L. Bookbinders Union. Since 1938 they have been members of the Harvard University Employees' Representative Association, an independent union.

Fourteen of the 17 employees eligible to vote in jurisdictional elections yesterday chose to be represented by the A.F.L. One bindery worker voted against both the HUERA and the AFL, and two did not participate in the election conducted by the Massachusetts Labor Relations Board. The AFL petitioned ten days ago for the election.

The number of units included within the HUERA was reduced to seven by the withdrawal of the bindery employees.