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Similar requests are issuing from other capitals. And no wonder. The reforms being discussed in Brussels over the next 12 months will apply equally to the new members, and there's unease that instead of promoting reform, the enlargement process could take a back seat to it. "The really serious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Outsiders Eager to Get In | 3/4/2002 | See Source »

All this sounds innocuous enough, and yet the janitors’ renegotiations demonstrate how pernicious no strike clauses can be. The last contract the janitors made was negotiated by a union that was so notoriously corrupt it was put under international trusteeship in 2001. The more robust union representing the...

Author: By Meredith B. Osborn, | Title: The Right To Strike | 3/1/2002 | See Source »

So-called “no strike” clauses are a common feature of labor contracts these days. Harvard has no strike clauses in almost all its labor contracts, according to the University’s chief labor negotiator David Jones. The SEIU blanket contract for Massachusetts also has...

Author: By Meredith B. Osborn, | Title: The Right To Strike | 3/1/2002 | See Source »

In addition to the higher wage levels, Harvard agreed to a union proposal that offers health care without worker co-payments, using a fund paid for by Harvard and administered by the union. The agreement also includes a “parity” provision: the University will require contractors...

Author: By Elisabeth S. Theodore, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Janitors Union Wins Wage Hike | 2/28/2002 | See Source »

The commission is unlikely to pursue any major changes because of the long political and legal process of getting the state to amend the law that governs Cambridge elections, a provision known as 54A.

Author: By Stephanie M. Skier, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: City’s Vote Counting Draws Criticism | 2/25/2002 | See Source »

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