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...themselves and their families. Harvard’s wages compare poorly to those of its local peer institutions. Many low-income workers who have worked here for five, 10, and 15 years have never received a promotion offer. While Boston University pays its janitors a wage of $17.23 per hour, 30 percent higher than Harvard’s $13.50 per hour, Boston University has an endowment of $694 million, 2.6 percent of Harvard’s whopping $25.9 billion.In 2002, the Harvard administration agreed to employ 60 percent of janitors full-time. They have never met this goal, instead employing...
...between Harvard’s janitors and the University set to expire at midnight tonight, the two sides remain at odds over potential wage hikes.During yesterday’s negotiations, Harvard put forward a six-year agreement that would gradually increase janitors’ starting wage to $17 per hour, according to union officials.But Harvard’s proposal falls short of the union’s last demand, for a raise in the starting wage to $19.50 over five years. Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 615, represents most of Harvard’s janitors. Under the agreement between...
...gathered with other U.S. diplomats and Palestinian representatives in her suite for intensive talks over three hours, using a secure laptop to make line-by-line changes in a draft "agreement on movement and access." A top-level Israeli team arrived at her hotel about 1 a.m., producing a round of "elevator diplomacy" between Israeli and Palestinian delegations ensconced on different floors of the hotel. While she waited for one group to go and the next to arrive, Rice, full of nervous energy, paced the hall, popping in on junior staffers as they typed or proof-read. ?Condi never...
...nighter demonstrated the extent of hands-on diplomatic effort required to get the two parties to achieve what she conceded was just one step toward the goal of establishing a Palestinian state that can live in harmony with its Israeli neighbor. Once the drama of its 13th-hour surprise ending fades, the episode may be a sobering reminder of how long and arduous the journey remains-and of how much more may be required of the Bush administration and its successors if progress is to be sustained...
...early afternoon on Nov. 9, a squad from Indonesia's U.S.-trained anti-terrorist group Detachment 88 had surrounded the modest, single-story dwelling. Calls for surrender were met with bullets, police say, and a four-hour standoff ensued, during which Azahari and another man threw 11 explosive charges at officers. In the end, according to the police, Azahari was shot and killed before he could detonate his bomb vest, but his companion set off an explosion, killing himself...