Word: laboral
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...auto industry woes are being felt here too. Over the last two decades, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee lured automakers with relatively inexpensive land and lax labor laws. Now, Tennessee is fighting the possible closure of a GM plant in Spring Hill, and Toyota has already postponed the start of production of the Prius at a new plant in Mississippi...
Last week, members of the Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM) invaded Eliot House during University President Drew Faust’s lunch, rudely interrupting her and the group of students she was speaking with to deliver a message: “Greed is the new Crimson.” After effectively mocking Faust’s own “green” initiative, SLAM unconditionally demanded that Faust meet with them within the next two weeks and rescind all layoffs of university employees since October 2008. This hyperbole, rudeness, and radicalism runs contrary to the spirit of academic debate...
Many of the current negotiations trace back to the terms of the original government loans. As a condition of Chrysler's loan agreement, the UAW must accept a 50% reduction in payments to its retiree health care trust and match the Japanese transplants' hourly labor costs, says Chrysler spokeswoman Dianna Gutierrez. "The Canadian government has taken a similar position as it relates to the CAW," she notes...
...latest in a series of anti-layoff rallies organized by the Harvard Student Labor Action Movement, yesterday’s Festival for Worker Justice attracted a diverse crowd of protesters. SLAM members convened on the Science Center lawn just after 4:00 P.M. Hoisting signs and megaphones, they marched through the Yard to the Holyoke Center, where they joined forces with Harvard workers, Harvard Law School students, and other undergraduates...
Remeike J.B. Forbes ’11, a current SLAM member, said that students may not understand the full implications of labor cuts...