Word: subbed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This week, Harvard students added their voices to the chorus heard at colleges and universities around the country protesting the manufacture of college insignia apparel in factories with sub-par labor conditions...
Inevitably, the vast majority of us will be peacefully dreaming (about spring break) as Antonio begins his morning janitorial duties as an employee of UNICCO, a private cleaning company sub-contracted by Harvard. In fact, the night owls among us are barely donning pajamas as Antonio, clad in the white and blue freshly starched UNICCO uniform, takes up mop, broom and cleaning solution...
...After eight hours of janitorial work at Harvard, Antonio has only a few hours of respite and family time before he leaves for his night job cleaning an office building in South Boston. Antonio's wife, an employee of a different sub-contracting janitorial company, will return home later in the evening...
...wrong. I applaud both the method and spirit of protest promulgated by the Living Wage Campaign. But the fight against the administration for higher wages for both sub-contracted and regular Harvard employees is really a matter of principle. For once, we have shed our solipsistic crimson-colored sunglasses and moved beyond an issue of personal concern. Rather than frozen yogurt in houses and booze at house formals, we have awakened to the fact that what Harvard really lacks are the virtuous ideals conveyed by its emblem, Veritas. The notions of fairness and equality (among workers wages) as well...
...weaknesses of the The Other Sister, including the unnecessary length, the failure to weave sub-stories effectively into the main plot and the underdevelopment of supporting characters obscure the positive aspects of the movie. Buy your ticket for this one solely to experience Lewis" effective performance...