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Last week, University President Lawrence H. Summers announced his decision to accept the major recommendations of the Katz Committee and to implement a wage increase for many of Harvard’s poorest workers. His choice is a wise one, as it will result in tangible and immediate wage increases for Harvard’s lowest-paid workers...
...concept. She is, after all, the daughter of wealthy parents, the sister of a former Foreign Minister, a university graduate; she could have fled to the West long ago. But her parents always told her to care about the poor, and Afghanistan's women are among the poorest. "I promised myself years ago that I would fight for the women of Afghanistan," says Parlika, 57. She had to keep that promise even during 18 months in jail in the late 1970s, when the government wanted the names of the women in her organization. On her arms she has the scars...
...Superficially, the case for lowering the salaries of domestic helpers like Wahyu seems like a classic case of the haves taking from the have-nots. Does it really make sense, socially or economically, to penalize the territory's poorest workers in hard times? Some Hong Kongers are arguing that it does, and that during this economic downturn, the city's estimated 230,000 imported maids should be taking a pay cut. Partly in response to those demands, the government is reviewing the minimum wage for domestic helpers, currently $471 a month, and considering a proposal to lower that salary...
...Best Legal Chutzpah To settle private antitrust claims that it overcharged for its Windows operating software, in which it has a monopoly, Microsoft said it would donate more than $1 billion in software and training to the poorest schools in the U.S. Not everybody is happy. A U.S. federal judge is considering whether to make the company donate cash instead of its products, lest Microsoft gain dominance in the education market...
...children need to receive an effective education. Unfortunately, the poorest students enter school already behind. As the school committee heard in its last meeting, these students may lack adequate food or supervision at home and come to school with less preparation, worsened health conditions and decreased confidence compared to other students. The proposed choice program would prevent Cambridge’s elementary schools from segregating students based on socioeconomic differences and would work to improve the academic footing of the students who need it most...