Word: sickingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Local 254 became embroiled in controversy over a contract which its management negotiated between custodial workers and the University. This new contract instituted a 20-month wage freeze, cut vacation time and slashed pay for sick time. It also reduced pay scales for new workers. Many of Local 254's custodial workers were upset about both the terms of the new contract and the way it was ratified. They were given less than an hour to read a summary of the new contract before they were forced to vote on it. This discontent led some of the custodial workers...
Sufian, who learned she had cystic fibrosis at age 9, gives countless hours of free legal advice, even from bed during her periodic hospitalizations. She answers questions from patients, doctors and parents of sick children on issues from insurance coverage to employment rights. She is also helping start a camp for children who have cystic fibrosis. Says she: "I hope my efforts shatter the stereotypes not only about lawyers but also about people with disabilities...
Local 254 has also come under fire from custodial workers for a recent University contract that freezes wages for 20 months, reduces vacation time and decreases pay for sick time...
Many security guards oppose returning to Local 254, which has come under fire from custodial workers for a recent contract that freezes wages for 20 months, reduces vacation time and decreases pay for sick time...
...only online community I ever felt a part of was alt.tasteless, a Usenet forum dedicated to wretchedly sick humor. Mind you, I was never an active, rec.pets.cats-baiting member, just a lurker who enjoyed dropping by from time to time to see what the lads were up to. I soon tired of it, though. While I appreciate in theory the idea of people the world over communicating through their computers, it turns out that few of them have anything interesting to say. The good stuff is communicated in private...