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The Cambridge City Council unanimously passed the Living Wage Ordinance last night, a new amendment to the municipal code that requires city employers to pay its workers a minimum of $10 per hour. The council has deemed the $10 sum necessary to maintain a reasonable standard of living in Cambridge...
The amendment has no effect on Harvard--but Harvard's labor force, which includes many sub-contracted employees, were a concern for the councillors last night as well. Cambridge's stance on the living wage, city officials said, should be a model for other institutions with large payrolls.
Discussion on the name-change amendment, which will be voted on in the same manner, evolved into a 40-minute debate considering more radical name alterations.
The Partners Group, which runs both Mass.General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Women'sHospital, estimates that five years of thebalanced budget amendment will cost $340 million.
Although most Americans support the idea of school choice, voucher programs from around the country are being pounded by lawsuits. The National Education Association (NEA), the largest teachers union and one of the most powerful political forces in America, is opposing school reform with all its might. In several states...