Word: labors
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...stories of slave labor helping to build Harvard Yard and money earned from slavery aiding in its financing [are true], then suitable steps to both acknowledge the facts and make amends should be taken,” Bell added...
Local farmers joined their counterparts from Africa and South America to advocate for fair trade last night at Emerson Hall. Students sampled the farmers’ fair-trade products, including apples, lettuce, and chocolate-covered bananas, at the event, which was sponsored by five student groups, including the Student Labor Action Movement and Oke USA, a cooperative farmers organization. After a lobbying campaign from the Harvard Fair Trade Initiative (HFTI), Harvard University Dining Services switched to fair trade coffee in 2002. Fair trade advocacy has gained presence in colleges in recent years. The United Students for Fair Trade, a national...
Bonior, now the chair of the labor research and advocacy group American Rights at Work, is urging AlliedBarton employees to organize through a “card check” campaign. Under that approach, employers are allowed, but not required, to recognize unions once a majority of workers signs authorization forms. These “card checks” allow organizers to avoid holding elections through the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)—which Bonior blasted as “fraudulent, unfair, and unjust.” He warned that NLRB elections can be held up for years...
...maybe it’s time to forget about that future Senate candidacy and chain yourself to a tree in Harvard Yard to protest globalization, stage a silent vigil in honor of the anniversary of some obscure labor revolt, even organize a sit-in in front of Leverett to protest the abuse of rabbits...
...college admissions. Gratz, who after being denied admission to the University of Michigan filed suit in a case that eventually reached the Supreme Court, is leading the effort. The forces opposing them are vast and cover the entire political spectrum: the Democratic and Republican candidates for governor in Michigan, labor unions like the United Auto Workers, top officials at two of the state's biggest businesses, Ford and General Motors, the Chamber of Commerce groups in several of the state's cities and the Michigan Catholic Conference, as well as national groups like the NAACP and the Urban League...