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...when the American family began to disintegrate as technological dreams materialized. Beginning in the 1960s, the family became open to attack as a nest of oppression and pathology. As one example, David Cooper, a psychiatrist of the time, denounced the institution of family as "a secret suicide pact...an ideological conditioning device in any exploitative society." It is therefore no wonder that three decades later, a New York Times op-ed piece would announce that the nuclear family is "fast becoming a relic of the Eisenhower...
...made a pact with myself. If I'm really going to use the old "I go to school in Boston" line, I'm going to at least mean it. And, sometime before I graduate, I'm going to walk the Freedom Trail. Would you care to join...
...contract provides few advantages for the members of Local 254. It freezes wages for the first 20 months of its duration. It also cuts vacation time and slashes sick pay. The new pact does offer employees a short-term disability plan, and upgrades benefits for part-time employees. But while current union members will not see their pay decrease, new employees will be hired at significantly lower wages. New full-time custodians and supply room employees will only earn $8.57 per hour...
According to several workers, union members were given only 45 minutes to read and discuss a four-page summary of the pact which was provided before the group was forced out of Science Center B by a Harvard class...
...security for all custodial workers is also improved by this pact, Manning said. If an outside contractor is hired by a Harvard department, the Harvard custodial workers who would be affected by the loss of a contract will be given priority for jobs both within Harvard and with the outside contractor...