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According to union officials, the food service workers have asked Harvard for an across the board wage hike, free medical insurance, as well as several "worker dignity clauses--including a ban on potential subcontracting of food services...
...More than 300 people assembled for a rally in support of food service workers in their negotiations with Harvard. The union is asking for a one year contract with a dollar-an-hour, across the board wage hike, free medical insurance, and a dental plan for union members. The current contract runs out June...
...hostilities on Monday with a rousing attack on "irresponsible spending" by Congress. Appearing before the National Association of Home Builders, Reagan ticked off a series of possible revenue-raising measures that were at various times considered, but never adopted, by the liberal Democrats in Congress. Each one, including a hike of 10% in the capital gains tax on home sales and a limit on mortgage interest deductions, brought shouts of "No, no, no!" from his audience. He agreed with his critics that federal budget deficits "do matter," but turned the issue around, claiming that "deficit spending represents...
...bankers' blitz produced an alliance of rank-and-file Republicans and Democrats, who defied warnings by President Reagan. House Speaker Tip O'Neill and other House leaders that repeal would encourage tax evasion and hike deficits. Predicted New York's Barber Conable, ranking Republican on the Ways and Means Committee: "Many who vote for repeal will beat their breasts and bray against deficits...
Powers seems willing to go along with the union's anti-discrimination demands. But he insists that no one who takes sick leave is being harassed and that Harvard's current contract adequately protects workers against arbitrary dismissal Powers says he will offer the workers a "fair" pay hike, but maintains that they are already receiving the best wages and benefits of any food service workers in the Boston area...