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...seems to use the term “faith-based” to contrast with “evidence-based.” And in doing that, he stumbled upon a contemporary idiom, “faith-based initiatives.” He didn’t have to employ an idiom that, for so many Americans, contains an entirely different meaning...
...Harvard refuses to admit that it can control the practices of its subcontractors, then it is time for Harvard to end the practice of outsourcing altogether and to employ security guards directly. It is time to stop denying our community’s responsibility to ensure that a Harvard education is not predicated on poverty in the midst of our prosperity...
...that none of them are prepared to die for their cause—is a response to some questionable labor practices by Harvard University that may have violated the Wage and Benefits Parity Policy (WBPP) that the University agreed to in 2001. The WBPP requires Harvard to employ workers through private contractors at comparable wages and benefits to those given to, “Harvard employees in the corresponding service sector.” Most of Harvard’s security guards are supplied by the security conglomerate AlliedBarton and earn wages starting at $12.67 per hour, which is noticeably...
...Representatives of big business at the gathering included executives from General Mills, Qwest and, most notably Wal-Mart, which has become for some a symbol of the failure of American corporations to provide robust and affordable insurance to its employees. Major companies in the United States employ many of the nation's more than 40 million uninsured. There for big labor was Andy Stern, the president of the Service Employees International Union, a long-time champion of health care reform who has been criticized by some on the left for working in coalition with Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott...
...enjoy throughout the academic year, and the meticulously manicured lawns that we walk over in the fall and spring too easily slip below the radar. Perhaps most easily taken for granted, however, is the basic safety that we all enjoy—the safety provided by the security guards employed by AlliedBarton Security Services (AlliedBarton), to which Harvard outsources most of its security needs. Recently, student members of Stand For Security began a hunger strike to call attention to the plight of AlliedBarton security workers on campus, who unionized under the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) last December...