Word: jaeger
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Back in the spring of 1998, Bill Jaeger, director of the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW), was worried...
...Jaeger had always heard stories about "casual" employees--workers theoretically hired to work on a part-time basis for a three-month stint--actually working as full-time employees. They kept their "casual" status and received low wages and no benefits...
...particular, Jaeger said, the University has not yet agreed to a system for compensating casual laborers who have worked more than the maximum number of hours in the past. And it has not developed a University-wide oversight system to insure that the problem does not occur in the future...
...Jaeger said this week's statement is intended to raise awareness and rouse support for the union's efforts in a fuller way than last week's statement could...
...longer, fuller story we wanted to tell about all the philosophical angles and moral implications of this issue," Jaeger said...