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This month the words student union acquired a more militant ring when the RAs voted to affiliate with United Auto Workers Local 2322. They became the nation's first group of unionized undergraduate employees, after the university, which opposed unionization, lost a ruling before the Massachusetts labor-relations commission. The vote forges a bond between Generation Y2K and the graying labor movement...
...everyone wins with a new Allston, however. Harvard’s presence threatens to send rents through the roof and force Allston’s young renters to look for new homes. And Allston’s industries and auto-repair shops face a community that wants them out to make way for a new Allston, a homeowner’s paradise...
...past two recessions. The downside is that the replenishing period that the economy is enjoying may start with a bang but flatten because companies carry less inventory overall. "We can respond within a day or two," says Rodger Mullen, president of Schneider Logistics, which manages an auto-parts supply chain for GM. "Ten years ago the process took eight to 12 weeks." So he needed to carry more parts to be safe. Now he can play it safe with a lot less on the line, which is why we shouldn't expect too much too soon from this recovery...
...side of a busy intersection—where Western Avenue meets North Harvard Street—sits the Bus Stop Pub and a small, crowded lot of cars at Herb Goodman’s Auto Sales, where a yellow smiley face forms the “o” in “Auto...
...other direction, a string of commercial developments—mainly car dealers and auto repair shops—stretches toward a shopping center with K-Mart, Star Market and other chain retailers. The shopping center is also on Harvard-owned land...