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...some cases telecommuting may benefit companies more than the workers. Karen Nussbaum, executive director of 9 to 5, National Association of Working Women, claims that many women telecommuters are working unreasonably long hours without overtime pay, doing computerized piecework in what she calls "electronic sweatshops." One of the most troubled telecommuting programs was set up by California-Western States Life Insurance in Sacramento. Eight women, all veteran Cal-West claims processors, sued the firm, asking for $1 million in punitive damages. Among their complaints, the women contended that Cal-West pressured them into working as much as 16 hours...
Crimson editors decided to take advantage of the new craze. They set up shop in the Winthrop House suite of Jay R. Nussbaum...
...principle editors of the Crime were living in the room next to me," says Nussbaum, who now works for the Agency for International Development in Washington, D.C. "Their policy was never to have a story about their own people. My proximity made my name available to them...
...campaign--with Nussbaum as its figurehead manager--quickly snowballed, and The Crimson invited Pogo's creator, Walt Kelly, to Harvard to deliver a chalk talk for his character...
...council was created by activists with its, overarching goal to make Harvard a more democratic place where student opinion is truly important," Nussbaum adds, saying that recent councils "have lost sight of this goal. They are afraid to take stands against the administration, and rather than challenge deans and administrators they ask for letters of recommendation...