Word: leveller
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Fifteen years down the road, Rodriguez says she sees herself married, with a large family, and involved in the local Catholic church. "I have a firm commitment to working at the grass-roots level," she says...
Because the national board is a court of appeals, however, few labor disputes reach the national level. While the regional offices of the NLRB are expected to adhere to the precedents of the national board, they "don't tend to have an image of leaning one way or the other," according to Professor David Kuechle, a labor expert at the Graduate School of Education...
...seems Harvard is not treating them as fairly as it should be. In a suit filed by former Facilities and Maintenance worker Charlotte Walters, a jury found Harvard guilty of sexual discrimination on one count when it failed to discipline a worker who harassed Walters. On the faculty level, women shoulder a larger portion of the undesirable administrative burden than do their male counterparts--holding 31 percent of the head tutor jobs, although they comprise only 14 percent of the faculty eligible for these posts...
...students, then at least for the academy. Only by occupying high moral ground have the nation's universities maintained their respected position in American society. By debasing its actions to the level of a self-interested corporation, Harvard is rapidly losing its moral integrity. Venturing into the real world is an irrevocable step, and Harvard better come to ethical terms with its own policies...
...student employee in the audio-visual department, though, says, "Confidentiality is not really an issue. Most interesting information that other students might not hear is heard within the department on a rumor level, not first hand...