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Chanting “Hey, Harvard, you should know, temp abuse has got to go,” protestors said that they demanded justice for Harvard’s temporary workers—claiming that the University refused to give them unionized jobs after a period of work, as stipulated by their contracts, to avoid giving them union benefits and wages...
...past few weeks, these machines—which provide cold water, room-temp water, and seltzer—have stopped functioning to continuously dispense your H2O. Previously, you could leave a glass under the running machine, fulfill another task, and then return to find your glass filled with no manual effort involved...
...country with a low-hanging glass ceiling, the appearance of so many junior female politicians on the national stage has inevitably generated controversy. Besides Fukuda and Okamoto, members of a freshman class of 26 female DPJ lawmakers include Kayoko Isogai, a temp worker who was unemployed when she stood for election, and Mieko Tanaka, a former secretary and actress who had a small role in an erotic horror film, Blind Beast vs. Killer Dwarf. The group has been criticized for being little more than pretty faces unqualified to hold public office. During campaigning, some newspapers dubbed them "Ozawa's princesses...
...improve the lives of younger Japanese workers by curbing the hiring of temporary workers by manufacturers, a widespread practice that over the last decade or so has relegated many youth to second-class-citizen status. While older workers hang on to the best jobs, younger workers stuck in temp positions are denied many company and government benefits. Chronic job insecurity makes it tough to start families - exacerbating the demographics problem. (see the new activism of Japan's youth...
...very hairy Ben Affleck. Dean is what most well-minded people fear most: a stupid man in the position to influence the actions of at least one important person. In the midst of mistakenly giving Joel horse tranquilizers and advising him to cheat on his wife with hot new temp Cindy (Mila Kunis, “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”), Dean convinces Joel to hire a gigolo to seduce Suzie in order to lessen his guilt about his own planned indescretion. Heavily drugged, Joel agrees to the sexual hire, not knowing that the girl he’s aiming...