Word: striking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more parents strike out on their own or with private brokers, some professionals fear that standards and safeguards are slipping. "Adoptive parents won't blink an eyelash over paying $20,000 to $30,000 for a healthy white baby," says family lawyer Samuel Totaro of Trevose, Pa. "This business can be a license to steal." William Pierce, president of the National Committee for Adoption and a militant defender of traditional adoption practices, argues that abuses have multiplied as formal agencies have lost control of the process. "One couple I know adopted twins through a lawyer," says Pierce. "After several weeks...
...stories strike such emotional resonance among their authors as this week's cover on adoption. The profound complexities of the subject were especially well understood by at least one correspondent, researcher and writer: all three have experienced adoption firsthand. Los Angeles correspondent James Willwerth, who suggested the project, is the adoptive father of Piya, 5, and Mike, 4. Already parents of a son, David, who arrived the conventional way, Willwerth and his wife Ardis chose a daughter and a second son from two different Bangkok orphanages during his assignment in Thailand. Giving a home to "waiting" children "longing for love...
...wake of the strike, the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW), in support of the Pittston union, have called on Stone and Harvard to take an active role in resolving the conflict. HUCTW has held two rallies at Harvard in support of their position...
...strike began six months ago when Pittstonrefused to extend the union's contract. Since thenmanagement has denied health benefits to 1500retirees, disabled workers and widows whilerejecting several union offers of contractextensions, according...
Company officials have said the measures werenecessary to keep costs down, but the unions havecalled them unethical and have demanded thatHarvard help end the strike...