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Robert E. Heroux, executive vice president of the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce, says the problem is not limited to Harvard Square alone. "Every retail district in the region has the same situation," he says. "It's the down side of good times." Massachusetts' unemployment rate of about 3 percent is among the lowest in the country...
...these programs stem at least in part from genuine concern about employee welfare, but they are good for the bottom line as well. In a report on family benefits, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce asserts that responsiveness to workers' needs on the home front "can yield higher employee morale, productivity, recruitment and retention potential, as well as stem excessive absenteeism." From his experience, Union Bank's Shanker agrees: "My commitment has increased and I feel a new level of goodwill toward the bank because my employers have shown concern about my family. There is a direct connection between the existence...
...variety of family-related reasons, including pregnancy, stress and the care of ailing parents or children. The controversial bill, which would guarantee job security during such leaves, is strongly opposed by many business leaders as too costly, especially for smaller companies. Says Virginia Thomas, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce: "The bill supposes that every employer is like IBM or General Motors and can afford to hold open jobs for 15 weeks per year...
When the government tried to push through the bills by declaring that they affected whites only and therefore would be dealt with by the all-white chamber of the tricameral Parliament, the mixed-race Labor Party responded by threatening to quit the body. In a sudden, unexpected retreat, the government announced last week that it would withdraw the bills, rewrite them, and then submit them to all three houses of Parliament. The delay is considered only a temporary setback for Botha, who has ample time to force the legislation through the President's Council and into law before the national...
...Constitution directs that federal judges "shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour." Last week the House of Representatives concluded that the behavior of one of those jurists, U.S. District Judge Alcee Hastings of Miami, was not good enough. By a lopsided vote of 413 to 3, the chamber approved 17 articles of impeachment against him. The main accusation: Hastings conspired to obtain a $150,000 bribe in exchange for granting leniency to two convicted racketeers. The House action puts Hastings, 51, in a very select circle. He becomes only the twelfth judge, and the first black, in U.S. history...