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It's not as if Jonathan is a slacker; at home he cleans, cooks and takes care of his three younger siblings when his mom and stepdad are working. During Jonathan's freshman and sophomore years, Norice says, "he was playing football and basketball, was in show choir and concert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wednesday: 6:15 A.M. The Early Bus | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

"At the time I knew none of this," says Peiji, sitting at his desk in his 11th-floor office. On the shelves are pictures of him with the President of Taiwan, the Vice President, the Prime Minister. His aides bring in files for his attention; he scans them, makes a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TWINS: Splintered for decades by China's violent revolution, a family comes back together | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

UNICCO pays Antonio $9.05 for each hour that he, literally, cleans up after us. And, this week, Antonio's pay is up for public debate with the outpouring of protests, posters and rallies organized by the Living Wage Campaign. Antonio, along with his fellow UNICCO workers who vacuum our hallowed...

Author: By Dafna V. Hochman, | Title: The Active Voice: Living with a Harvard Wage | 3/12/1999 | See Source »

Romeo is from EI Salvador and lives in Chelsea. He also works for Harvard, but Harvard denies this because technically a subcontractor hired him and Harvard hired only the subcontractor. Still, if you peek into the dining hall late at night, it is Romeo who cleans and sweeps and buffs...

Author: By Alexander T., NGUYEN | Title: A Thousand Caged Birds | 3/8/1999 | See Source »

The living wage will not result in significant labor cutbacks, despite arguments to the contrary. Romeo cleans the dining hall by himself; Joe alone watches the Science Center. They cannot be downsized. Most employees at Harvard work in the service sector where the labor market demand is fairly inelastic, and...

Author: By Alexander T., NGUYEN | Title: A Thousand Caged Birds | 3/8/1999 | See Source »

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