Word: labors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have very good relations with Harvardbecause I am a city boy, raised in Cambridge. Ilike the University children and their families,and this new group doesn't respect labor. It'sdisgraceful," he said...
...parts of their businesses, Hewlett-Packard and Rockwell International are carrying on more traditional--and in Rockwell's case, quite drastic--cost-cutting programs in remaining operations. Tommy Hilfiger has not only adjusted quickly to a changed marketing mix but also shifted garment production into Asian plants, where labor costs are lowest...
Schor praised groups like the Living Wage Campaign and the Progressive Student Labor Movement for starting a reemergence of student activism on campus...
...have problems with HMOs gotten? Bad enough for doctors, at least, to start thinking about the unthinkable: forming a union. The idea of taking a cue from blue-collar-labor history is one of the hottest topics at this week?s convention of the American Medical Association in Chicago. Many doctors around the country are growing increasingly frustrated at the restrictions that HMO money-vetting procedures have imposed on the exercise of their medical judgment. And a growing number of them want to do something about...
Already there are private physician labor unions in about half the states, and some American Medical Association delegates want the national organization to study the possibilities and take a stand. There are major hurdles. First, of course, not all doctors agree. And second, there are some questions of definition. Many doctors operate as independent providers -- not as employees -- and for them, banding together could pose antitrust problems. "But doctors have many grievances," says TIME health reporter Janice Horowitz, and banding together may be the only way to address them. In this regard, notes Horowitz, doctors may be following...