Word: labors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...order to influence upcoming contract renegotiations. The message of worker "abuse" was paramount; the ploy for increased wages was less apparent. While students must sympathize with any members of the HDS staff who has been mistreated by their boss, students should not believe the purported ills of the protesting labor force justify its contemporaneous demand for more money...
...board is already too high for the quality of food services we receive. The anachronistic system of comprehensive meal plans forces students to pay for more than they will ever eat. And what they pay for under such an administration of their money is the labor of the HDS employees. For the costs of meals at the houses, we could all eat at the Hong Kong or Bertucci's every day--and enjoy it. Students are now forced to bankroll not only the cooks, cleaners and dishwashers, but those very nice but very unnecessary ladies who run our ID cards...
...priority for both men. China has already agreed to spend $1 billion to buy 72 Russian jet fighters. "Russia has a lot to offer China in terms of aircraft, military, nuclear and satellite technology," FlorCruz says. "China offers Russia a source of raw material, consumer goods and possible labor...
...independence and satisfaction of Japanese women have greatly increased in recent decades, but this has brought problems of its own, since Japanese men have not adapted their expectations accordingly. Husbands rarely perform family duties, leaving them to their wives. Rather than accept that division of labor, some women prefer to remain childless and unattached. The result is that, on average, women in Japan marry later and bear fewer children than do women in virtually any other country...
...measure has mobilized a formidable lobbying coalition, uniting organized labor and big and small business, state and local governments and such esoteric trade associations as the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute. Their goal is not only passage but also a veto-proof 289 votes...