Word: hires
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Harvard interested in discussion and criticism of weekly ensemble performances, Music 180 was a bold step at instituting performing into the arts curriculum at Harvard. Music 180 is now over-subscribed and diluted by lesser musicians who have no recourse. Kirchner has pleaded with the department and administrators to hire at least one additional composer to the music faculty, but here again arises the question of assessing the merit of teachers and the newer problem of a severly limited University budget. Humanities professors fear a drain of funds from their departments to the arts; the arts faculty fear a further...
...faculty members of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) strike within the next month, the administration has threatened to fire them and hire new instructors, Derek Bradford, associate professor of Architecture and chairman of the faculty negotiating team, said yesterday...
...which have been most deeply affected by new antipollution and safety rules; construction, where outmoded building codes have held back the use of new technology; and retail sales. Stores have been staying open nights and Sundays to satisfy shoppers' demands for more convenience; the longer hours force them to hire more workers but do not add proportionately to weekly sales. Other areas of the economy have had difficulty too, but manufacturing in general had a good productivity rebound last year...
...suit was designed to steal thunder from an anti-Sears suit still pending at EEOC. Sears officials deny this, but they make no secret of their frustrations with Washington. In 1973 the EEOC charged that Sears, which has about 417,000 people on its payroll, had followed discriminatory hiring and promotion practices. The company added a new dimension to its affirmative action program: Sears units were to hire one minority group member for every white hired until the payroll reflected the composition of the local area; women were to be hired for jobs that were traditionally...
...many businessmen who maintain that the "discrimination" problem lies with the cumulative bad effects over the years of the many changes, contradictions and lack of coordination in federal employment regulations. The suit notes that some of Sears' present difficulties stem from postwar years, when Washington urged companies to hire veterans, who were then predominantly white and male. The later imperative to hire more women and minorities not only conflicted with this earlier priority but also resulted in hiring policies being reviewed by ten different agencies and departments. Now, Sears notes, the 1978 ban on mandatory retirement at 65 leaves...