Word: laborities
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...When it comes to China and defending American jobs, this White House is all talk and no action." JOHN KERRY, Democratic presidential candidate, criticizing the Bush Administration for rejecting calls to launch investigations into currency and labor practices that critics say give China an unfair trade advantage...
...year of mounting discontent among Harvard workers and labor activists came to a head on Friday, as hundreds of protesters gathered beside the Holyoke Center to speak out against layoffs and other recent cost-cutting measures by the University...
...rally, timed to coincide with Saturday’s International Workers’ Day, was the largest of four major labor-related demonstrations staged at Harvard since last September, and by far the most widely attended...
...race, class and gender intersect to marginalize women of color. Feminism often valorizes women who can take days off from work in order to attend a protest, while effectively ignoring women who cannot be so cavalier about losing a day’s wages. On the other hand, American labor movements from the big national unions down to Harvard’s own Progressive Student Labor Movement have historically been dominated by men, leaving women wondering whether labor activism is a sphere in which they are even welcome. Overlooked by feminists whose objectives are more cultural than economic, overlooked...
...Building 41 erupted in jubilation around us. The force of labor that had been writing computer code and selling advertising round the clock let out a collective hooray (they would have yahooed, if it wasn't trademarked). "This is 1999 all over again," said one beaming worker. Some were weary and overcome with joy: "I've never worked so hard in my life," said one older, more seasoned veteran. "I've been here for one year, but I wish it had been two." Engineers were sporting wide grins as they bounced off the walls and funneled into...