Word: laborer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Security Guard Union filed a labor complaint against the University last week, nothing years of contract disputes during which time the University failed to offer an acceptable contract the union. The Harvard security guards--unique among guards because they are trained by and hired for the University, not by a large security guard conglomerate--feel ignored and slighted after years of service to the University...
Throughout all these discussions, Harvard has yet to talk bluntly about their position on the guards--whether they will begin out-sourcing labor as the Business and Medical schools did in 1993, or whether they will provide the special training that would make the University guards a truly specialized force as was promised upon their inception...
Whether or not the union's charges against the University are true--the National Labor Relations Board will decide that --the University owes an explanation. If the University is going to out-source guards in order to cut costs, it should at least be clear about its intentions instead of stringing the security guards along like jilted lovers...
...gentle, rocking beats transport listeners once again to those light hippie days of the '70s. Still, it's hard not to smile at lyric eloquence like "I love you. I love you. I love you. I really do," and though the incessant hopeless ballads may truly make love a labor, especially after two, three, or ten, who can't be cheered up by those spirited high voices? Heavy syncopation and live-recording-like sounds highlight "Train is Coming," and "Good Ambition" conjures images of great "get out of my dreams, get into my car" '80s classics. However, someone should have...
...gentle, rocking beats transport listeners once again to those light hippie days of the '70s. Still, it's hard not to smile at lyric eloquence like "I love you. I love You. I love you. I really do," and though the incessant hopeless ballads may truly make love a labor, especially after two, three, or ten, who can't be cheered up by those spirited high voices? Heavy syncopation and live-recording-like sounds highlight "Tram is Coming," and "Good Ambition" conjures images of great "get out of my dreams, get into my car" '80s classics. However, someone should have...