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Their accommodations were primitive: an air mattress on a concrete floor in a two-room school and an outdoor shower with only cold water. The work of weeding and raking under a blinding blue sky was demanding, but John Krausser, 63, and his wife Traudi, 59, didn't mind. They were, after all, in the peaceful countryside of Greece, and the view of olive groves, the craggy Peloponnesian terrain and the ocean was spectacular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Lend a Helping Hand | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

...Seattle, which coordinates work camps in 50 countries. Since they have a strong interest in classical Greek culture, they volunteered for two weeks last spring to clear the overgrown site of an ancient amphitheater in Mycenae. Occasionally turning up pieces of marble in the theater's dusty floor, Traudi held them in her hand and imagined what the place and people had been like thousands of years ago. Weekend trips to Delphi and Olympia, arranged by the Greek cultural organization sponsoring the work camp, were an unexpected bonus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Lend a Helping Hand | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

...HEOC would like to extend its thanks for your article in the January 15 Dump Truck on Traudi Schroder and our union drive. However, one factual error must be corrected, as it is fundamental in raising support for our union drive. Secretaries are among the largest segment of employees to be represented, but not the only segment. Among the employees eligible for this union, and a portion of whom are now very active on our Core Committee are the following research assistants, duplicating machinists, computer programmers, library assistants, systems analysis, administrative assistants, mail room workers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ORGANIZING UNIONS | 2/14/1975 | See Source »

...woman's name is Traudi Schroder, and she is a secretary at Harvard too. She is a German emigrant, 34 years old, and for the time being, devoted to the idea of forming a union for Harvard's 4000-odd clerical and technical workers. The secretaries coming into the room with their lunch trays are here to hear about the unionizing effort...

Author: By Nicholas Lemann, | Title: Building a Cause in the Office | 1/15/1975 | See Source »

...Traudi Schroder wants a promotion from Secretary I Technical to Secretary II Technical, and to apply for it she had to fill out a seven-page job description. The form now neatly typed out and signed by her boss, begins like this...

Author: By Nicholas Lemann, | Title: Building a Cause in the Office | 1/15/1975 | See Source »

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