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...Although reconstruction is supposed to begin as soon as we pacify the Fallujah cauldron, attempts at such rebuilding in the rest of Iraq have shown that it is impossible to begin the work and spend the budgeted money because of the lack of security for work crews. What contractor on earth would want to undertake such risks to work in Fallujah, the most dangerous place in Iraq ? Dave Watters Wyoming, Ohio, U.S. The battle for Fallujah has reduced another city to rubble and increased the hatred of the U.S. among ordinary Iraqis. I see no way out of this mess...
Last December, Harvard University had to pay more than $4,000 in retroactive wages to three custodians working for Harvard maintenance contractor McGarr Services Inc., which Harvard discovered was operating under two company names—McGarr and White Glove Inc.—in an effort to skirt University policies regarding parity wage. McGarr and White Glove were billing Harvard less than $50,000 annually separately but exceeding $50,000 when their invoices were combined. The companies were listed at the same Brighton, Mass address and a government website showed that they shared an almost identical set of business...
Dozens of unionized workers across the University, both Harvard and contractor employees, said they had little to complain about. Harvard workers told reporters that they are not worried about losing their jobs to outside companies. Workers with outside vendors felt that they were being paid as much as their Harvard counterparts. Most of the unionized workers were confident that their unions had negotiated fair wages and benefits on their behalf...
...Medical School made a decision on their own that they no longer wanted [to work with the FMO],” Boucher says. “They wanted to go with an outside contractor. I guess you could say that the Law School, or the Business School, could say the same thing tomorrow...
Harvard has acted to put its intentions in writing. The Masters Service Contract, a template contract codified in 2002, sets out the requirements of the WBPP for all “covered vendors.” In addition, the Risk Management and Audit Services has conducted specific assessments of contractor compliance...