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...then there was always that same underpass that was too low for my truck. I didn't know how I got to it. But there it was every time. I didn't know how not to get to it either. Never could figure the place out, so I just hire a cabdriver to take me in. Same as other truckers...
...last week the Supreme Court held, for the first time ever, that federal judges may set goals and timetables requiring employers guilty of past discrimination to hire or promote specific numbers of minorities, even if the jobs go to people who are not themselves the proven victims of bias. The rulings, written by Justice William Brennan, add up to a strong endorsement of affirmative action...
...Supreme Court did not say last week whether whites who have been passed over by affirmative-action programs can successfully challenge them as reverse discrimination. Nor did it suggest that anybody could be forced to hire unqualified workers. Among many unanswered questions, the court declined to indicate exactly what minorities must do to prove past discrimination. Indeed, the Justices may in future cases require a showing that employers have persistently flouted court orders to improve their hiring practices. The court did set up some general ground rules for affirmative-action plans: they should be limited in duration and not "unnecessarily...
...Haul customers in the oil-producing regions of Texas and Louisiana are understandably upset. In those areas, the price of renting a truck or trailer from the do-it-yourself moving company seems to have shot out of reason. It costs $2,009, for example, to hire a 24-ft. U-Haul truck for a move from Midland, Texas, to Jacksonville. A Florida resident can rent the same truck in the opposite direction for only...
Harvard, according to the new contract, is now required to notify the union 90 days in advance of any contracting out, said Powers. If Harvard does contract out--that is, hire an outside firm to manage any of its 14 dining halls--the contractor is required to recognize the union. Additionally, the agreement continues a clause guaranteeing no lay- offs as a result of contracting...