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...part of the Harvard community. But if “living wage” advocates succeed in parlaying janitors’ inclusion in our community into a pay rate far above what is fair, they will set a dangerous precedent for other Harvard employees and likely lower Harvard hiring in the future. Last Monday, members of the Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM) rallied to demand a $20 per hour living wage for Harvard’s janitors. The janitors, who are in the midst of renegotiating their contract with Harvard, are currently paid $13.50 per hour. This salary represents...
...benefit of more rankings is that colleges would tend less towards uniformity. For example, the U.S. News rankings give the highest faculty scores to colleges that hire full-time professors with the highest degrees in their fields. But this prioritizes research, not teaching, and so in order to rise in the rankings, colleges hire faculty not for teaching, but for research. This is not necessarily a bad thing. But when a single influential ranking defines success in one direction, schools that attempt divergence, or even balance, are pressured to conform for traveling another route. In this case, colleges are punished...
...Retirees who aren't self-employed like Utsumi can struggle to find decent work?most companies still prefer to hire younger people, because they generally cost less under Japan's rigid, seniority-based salary structure. But the sheer demand for workers is encouraging companies to be more flexible. Top temping company Adeco plans to double its number of registered workers aged 50 and older by 2008. Employment agency Pasona is forming a Japanese version of the American Association of Retired Persons?not to lobby for prescription drug plans, but to help retiree job seekers find work...
...jobs for the 20,000 gunmen operating in the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian security officials. Abbas already has a bloated public payroll that eats up 62% of his budget, and World Bank officials are leaning on him to fire some of his nearly 60,000 security officers, not hire more. If economic opportunities stay bleak, the gunmen may well push Gaza deeper into lawlessness. Even Abu Samhadana is worried that his men, having realized their goal of ending the Israeli occupation of Gaza, may cause even more ruination to Palestinian society if their vigilantism remains unchecked. "We must...
While From Bags to Riches plans a British expansion by year's end, it might not be easy to break in: pouch-for-hire sites have already opened across the Atlantic. Be a Fashionista (be-a-fashionista.co.uk), an upscale site based in London; Secret-Boutique (secret-boutique.com) and Bag Steal and Borrow (www.bagstealandborrow.co.uk)--yes, the name is uncannily familiar--have all been launched in the past year. Dutch bag fans can borrow from Bag Habits (baghabits.com). When it comes to handbags, the status trap, it seems, is a global phenomenon...