Word: casuals
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...community of Harvard workers," the placard reads. But the rallying cry born from this year's campaign to make Harvard change its definition of "casual workers" is more than just a slogan...
...results of the pending agreement will place 400 to 500 casuals onto the full-time payroll, but the University seems slow to deal with the wider moral questions surrounding the issue of casual employment. As a progressive institution that purports to value human dignity, collaboration, and experimentation, does Harvard have an extra responsibility to its employees...
Jaeger had always heard stories about "casual" employees--workers theoretically hired to work on a part-time basis for a three-month stint--actually working as full-time employees. They kept their "casual" status and received low wages and no benefits...
When the number of HUCTW members coming to union leaders with stories about abuses of the "casual" system increased, Jaeger, along with other HUCTW officials, decided to push the issue with the University...
...worlds, where we can eat, sleep, study, hang out, and basically forget about life outside the realm of our own key-card access. Add this to the startling revelation that Harvard students are very, very busy, and that in general, we probably don't make enough time for spontaneous, casual fun, and you have the little Harvard mini-tragedy of these "long-distance relationships." As hard as we try to stay in touch, it still feels like just that, staying in touch, and there's something tremendous lost in the lack of immediacy...