Word: underpaid
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Last week an activist group called the National Labor Committee accused Nike and other companies of running virtual slave factories in China, alleging that workers are habitually overworked and underpaid. It's the kind of charge Nike has faced, and denied, repeatedly regarding its operations in Asia. Nike subcontractors employ nearly 500,000 workers in plants in Indonesia, China and Vietnam...
...refused to enter the last 1.8 sec. of a tied play-off game because the final play didn't give him the ball?), Pippen is now hinting that his foot injury, which has kept him out all year, isn't really that bad. Claiming he is "grossly underpaid," Pippen says he'd like to go to either the Los Angeles Lakers or the Phoenix Suns. The Phoenix Suns? Beam yourself back up, Scottie...
...seems equally plausible that in coming close to protectionism, Gephardt is pandering to organized labor and currying favor with a populace that fears underpaid workers in Mexico more than it fears duplicitous politicians on its own soil. This suspicion is all the more warranted given Gephardt's previous support of extending fast track authority to President Bush...
...taken aback by the one-sided nature of your article on nursing homes. No doubt thousands of caring, hard-working, underpaid staff members were humiliated by this piece. You failed to take into account the homes' heavy regulatory burdens, the fairness issue with fines and recent research indicating that nursing- home quality is improving. You should have emphasized that there are approximately 15,000 nursing homes other than those of the troubling Creekside variety. RICHARD L. PECK, Editor Nursing Homes Magazine Cleveland, Ohio...
Raising children isn't easy either, as we all know. The task becomes even more difficult when we don't give them the education they deserve. We send them off to school every day, hoping for the best but often settling for less. Teachers are usually overworked and underpaid. Public schools are often overcrowded and underfunded. We begrudge tax hikes for schooling, then bemoan low test scores...