Word: laborative
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...It’s basically taking a look at different work that’s done at the University, breaking it down into a redesign that would have more team-oriented focus, more employee input and accountability,” said University Director of Labor Relations Bill Murphy, who sat on the University negotiating team during the last round of talks. “Greater employment engagement in what they do will hopefully lead to better work being done here at Harvard...
...Labor relations at Harvard may garner more attention from top administrators at Mass. Hall next semester when they welcome a new vice president for human resources—a previously nonexistent position which may give workers a voice closer to the Office of the President...
Bill Jaeger, director of the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW), said he will pay close attention to the type of person who gets hired, as the new vice president’s personal approach to management will define the direction of the University’s labor relations...
...Korean owned. Entrepreneurs of Indian origin today own 38% of all hotels in the U.S. and more than half of budget motels. Mexican Americans whose forebears worked California's vineyards are becoming owners. Once, immigrant business owners were reluctant to pass the torch to their kids, hoping their labor would hoist the younger generation into more prestigious professions. That's changing. As the businesses grow, American-born heirs are increasingly willing to follow in their immigrant parents' footsteps. Armed with native English, advanced education and a comfort with change, the new generation is modernizing the family businesses in ways their...
...some cases, the children of immigrants, thanks to education and experience, are leaving hard labor behind for good. Mexican workers in California's wine country have been preparing for generations to face their unique challenge: trading grape-stained work gloves for ownership papers. Since the 1940s, millions of Mexicans have traveled across the border to work the California vineyards. Those economics haven't changed in what is now the $33 billion U.S. wine capital. During harvest, Napa County is home to up to 2,700 migrant workers, most from Mexico. For as much as $15 an hour, the workers endure...