Word: touborg
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Harvard already makes provisions to supportunion bidders, according to Merry Touborg,director of communications for the Office of HumanResources. Touborg said contracts worth over$50,000 are required to have at least one unionbidder, and ordinarily all projects worth morethan $500,000 are required to go to contractorswho employ unionized workers...
...general philosophy is that because we aresignificant employer of trade workers in Bostonand Cambridge, we feel it is important to supportcertain values that unions are representative of,meaning adequate wages and benefits and youthapprenticeship programs," Touborg said...
...Touborg warned that each school operates onits own budget and Harvard policy "need[s] topreserve each school's ability to make the most ofits resources...
...does Harvard ignore Patriot's Day? The real answers can be found only in a few places, and depend more on employee rather than client (i.e. student) needs. Director of Communications for the Office of Human Resources Merry D. Touborg explained, "Our holidays are generally based on federal holidays and there are various other holidays celebrated in Massachusetts that don't fall in that category." Touborg noted that "many businesses are open" on Patriot's Day and that by her estimate it is "observed sporadically" in the state...
...Touborg admitted "there are no cut-and-dry rules" for University holidays and said, "Honestly, I don't know if it's ever been discussed...