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...This language adopts and tacitly supports SLAM’s arguments that janitors’ wages and benefits are not sufficient, even if it does not specifically endorse SLAM’s proposed $20 an hour solution. The resolution also “calls on the University to honor the explicit promises it made to custodial workers in 2002.” Though the notion of honoring contractual promises seems non-political, it is a matter of dispute between the two parties. For instance, SLAM claims it was a contractual obligation to have 60 percent of janitors be full-time...
...with being powerful,” she added. Katie A. Beck ’08, a Michigan resident and also a Crimson editor, called Granholm “an amazing role model for women and people who are interested in politics.” Before her speech, Granholm was honored by the Kennedy School of Government with the first-ever Pathfinder Award. Kennedy School Lecturer in Public Policy Jerry E. Mechling ‘65 said the award will honor public officials who govern with an appreciation of global issues, and especially an understanding of the increasing importance of technology...
...Anderson Cooper (who glibly said, "Mother nature, yeah, she's a b____") toyed with the possibility of nominating bloggers, to honor the work they do (?in their pajamas?) in keeping America's journalists honest. But in the end, he conceded, it had to be Katrina-related, and he nominated the first-responders, ?who in this instance were the ordinary people of America, who stepped forward to help their neighbors when their government failed them...
...since 1921, when Lt. Gen. John A. Lejeune, a Marine commander during World War I, wrote a summary of the history of the Corps and required that it be read to every Marine on November 10 each subsequent year to commemorate the birthday of the Corps. The guest of honor and keynote speaker at Thursday’s celebration, Lt. Col. David “Bull” Gurfein, the president of the class of 2000 at Harvard Business School, received the first slice of cake. Gurfein, an investment banker at Goldman Sachs who re-joined the Corps after Sept...
...negotiations with the University. Its existing contract is set to expire tomorrow. The UC resolved “that workers at Harvard deserve to be paid at a level commensurate with that of other universities in the area” and called “on the University to honor explicit promises it made to custodial workers in 2002.” Some members expressed discomfort with the resolution, questioning whether workers’ rights properly came under the jurisdiction of a council focused on student issues. “This is something that students should support on their...