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...SEIU disagree over how to calculate the value of these benefits.According to Rider, the union counts only 50 cents per hour worth of health benefits in arriving at a net wage to be used for comparisons with peer institutions. The University arrives at hourly benefit rates in excess of $4 per hour, counting disability, health, dental, and retirement benefits in addition to an adult education program and other services.WORKING FULL-TIMEAmong other disagreements between SEIU and the University is how well Harvard is doing in meeting a contractual goal to increase the proportion of janitors working full-time...
...definition, experts on the suffering that war brings to America’s armed forces. But that suffering is only part of the cost of war. The Iraq war has caused more than 2,000 American military deaths, but it has also caused, according to some estimates, an in excess of 100,000 deaths among Iraqi civilians. If what we achieve in Iraq is not worth
...dressings at the salad bar, letting students create their own dressing if they prefer to avoid sodium. Last year, as part of its “Savory Spotlight” program, which aims to instruct students about food, HUDS focused on the topic of salt and the dangers of excess salt in the diet, focusing on the government’s recommended daily salt intake, Snyder said. At Annenberg Dining Hall, some students say that salt excess appears unlikely. “I don’t use the table salt. I’ve never seen anyone...
...concert to Harvard. Challenges we face with each show include monopolies in the college market, artist availability, short ticket sales windows, and venue limitations.Simply, most college concerts are heavily subsidized. Whether through administrations’ budgets or large term-billed fees, other colleges support their shows through subsidies in excess of $100,000. In contrast, our negotiations with artists are made possible by a $30,000 allocation from the Undergraduate Council (UC). This sum is one half to one third of artist fees and total production costs can easily exceed six figures. Also, to pull back the veil of secrecy...
...in—so, selfishly, I’ve never been passionate about extending membership. It is more the blatant and embraced elitism that makes me wince. It is the 50-year-old stewards who serve these 20-year-old products of privilege; the boundaries of excess that become ever-widened; the women and non-members who grovel at clubs’ doors, reliant upon members for entry, drinks, entertainment, approval; and most importantly, the obliviousness of many members. That’s what makes me cringe—but sadly, not hard enough to make a real social sacrifice.Moral...