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...Airbus from a sort of pan-European employment agency to a savvier, profit-driven company. The 30-year-old manufacturer was the first to introduce a sophisticated fly-by-wire system (where the pilot's actions send electronic signals, rather than pulling cables, to maneuver the plane) and adopt virtually uniform cockpits for its entire fleet (thereby lowering the cost of pilot training). And Airbus often sells its jets for less than comparable Boeing models. "I'm a red-blooded American, and I want to see our side succeed," says David Neeleman, CEO of the New York-based start...
...appears that the demonstrators have a strong moral argument. It is easy to see the reasons that support it. And it is not easy to see what reasons might justify Harvard’s refusal to adopt a living wage policy. Possibly there are justifying reasons. If so, Harvard’s leaders should articulate them...
Contrary to what Rudenstine here implies, if Harvard were to adopt a living wage policy it would not be showing any disrespect for the collective bargaining process. Moreover, unions engaged in collective bargaining with Harvard have tried to win a living wage for their workers, and have failed due to Harvard’s resistance. Harvard is the more powerful partner. In recent years Harvard has been weakening the unions representing full-time, directly hired employees by subcontracting. Joe Wrinn’s April 27 statement addresses but does not contradict this claim. And although some subcontracted workers have union...
...power in the all-important Security Council. The U.N. will remain an important theater of U.S. foreign policy, especially when it comes to dealing with international security crises such as Iraq and the Balkans. And it will certainly continue to play its leadership role in pressing the commission to adopt tough resolutions on human rights abuses in China and elsewhere. But the vote is clearly a blow to the prestige of a nation that sees itself as a global champion of human rights...
...expressed its commitment to the collective bargaining process as the proper way for workers to voice their concerns. I agree with the administration that collective bargaining is vital, and for that reason, I urge it to reexamine the current union contracts, as campus unions have already requested, and to adopt card-check neutrality to employees, a provision that ensures that currently non-unionized workers who wanted to organize could do so without threat from the University and subcontracted firms. But collective bargaining, which occurs only every few years, is no substitute for a sustained engagement between workers and the University...