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Editor's Note: A week ago, The Crimson explained why the University should agree to the 4 percent pay raise asked for by the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers. In the staff editorial, we said the University's negotiator "appear[ed] willing to accept the pay hike, but only in exchange for the union's acceptance of a slash in seniority pay." We used "appear" since University flacks have been so truculent about keeping details of Harvard's position quiet...
Where the staff errs is in groping for complicated reasons to justify a salary hike. By ignoring the obvious--that every competent employee deserves a pay raise once in a while--and drawning this message amid a sea of questionable economic arguments, the staff position is severely weakened...
...administration would deny them the pay commensurate with that important role. The union wants a 4 percent pay raise without a cut in existing benefits or seniority pay. The University's negotiator, Sally H. Zeckhauser, appears willing to accept the pay hike, but only in exchange for the union's acceptance of a slash in seniority...
...items with high returns "invest" in higher pay (without cutting benefits) instead? They shouldn't always. But in this case, redirecting money toward workers makes sense. First of all, we're not talking about redirecting a huge amount. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences' share of the 4 percent hike would amount to roughly $960,000, probably about the same amount the College spends on recruiting athletes and feeding non-resident tutors...
TAXES. Speaker after speaker in Houston charged that Clinton has advocated the largest tax increase in history. But the Republicans themselves could not agree on the size of those tax hikes: the Bush Administration's Office of Management and Budget used the figure $220 billion, while Bush and other speakers, like Congressman Newt Gingrich, cited tax increases of $150 billion. The issue has tremendous political force, especially in a time of less than 2% annual economic growth. The Bush team has charged that Clinton's taxes would force many small businesses to close and cost many people their jobs. Moreover...