Word: non-union
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...starting wage that would be increased to $13.50 by 2005. This was far below the $13.40 starting wage first demanded by the union. The contract has some major accomplishments; the new health insurance plan does not require worker contributions and Harvard has agreed to offer parity wages to its non-union janitors. Still, if Tuesday’s civil disobedience had the effect the union claims it did—of embarrassing Harvard into accepting union demands—one wonders how much the union sacrificed in wage hikes because they could not threaten a strike...
...JetBlue's core strategy is as old as business itself: Keep costs low. Non-union labor, a small 15-plane fleet and secondary airports like Long Beach instead of LAX allows JetBlue to price their flights at their main audience - namely, folks that would normally be going from Rochester to New York City by bus. (JetBlue's growing reputation for punctuality is also starting to attract the business...
...Harvard students picketed the Harvard Provision Co. because it sold several kinds of non-union wine, and sporadic demonstrations broke...
...hour the wages of the approximately 400 workers it directly employs, with the implicit goal of extending the same wage to all other workers on campus. In return, protesters would leave Massachusetts Hall and allow the University to begin negotiating wage agreements for both union and non-union workers...
Workers: For those directly employed by the University the gains will be immediate—a needed raise in pay. While non-union workers are equally deserving of a raise, future pay increases can be made retroactive to the end of the sit-in and guaranteed through the creation of a broadly representative committee on wages and work conditions...