Word: minimum
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this moment, there are at least 2,000 people working at Harvard who do not earn a living wage. Last spring, after much debate, the Cambridge City Council passed a $10 minimum wage provision so that city employees would have a better chance to live healthy, decent lives and raise their families in this community...
...backfield is perhaps the strongest defensive talent in the league. Co-captain Jessica Larson and Gina Foster have proven almost unbeatable in the past few games, keeping offensive drives from the opposition to a minimum...
...Living Wage Campaign does not view UNICCO's employment practices as satisfactory," Bartley said. "We're demanding a $10 minimum in addition to a set of minimal health benefits." Though important for the worker's overall well-being, benefits cannot be compared to wages, Offner said. She stressed that a large number of workers only receive wages and those who receive benefits shouldn't be penalized since, as she put it, "no matter how many dental appointments Harvard gives its workers, you can't pay rent in dental appointments...
...Meanwhile, Captain Rubin and the Fly-Bys were having problems of their own. Rubin remembers, "We were under the minimum by one player--Geoffrey Stevens." Despite being a player short, the four Fly-Bys put up a good fight in an unofficial exhibition game, losing a hard fought 4-3 game...
This past weekend the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) became the second Harvard graduate school to join the Living Wage Campaign, which calls for a minimum wage of $10 per hour for all Harvard employees...