Word: underpaid
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Cuba clearly appeals to foreign pharmaceutical firms. It occupies a strategic location on the edge of major markets in North and South America and boasts more than 5,000 scientists and technicians--a skilled work force that is, by Western standards, grossly underpaid (average monthly salary: 400 pesos, or about $10). Peter Scott, chief executive of London-based Beta Funds Ltd., estimates that a European drugmaker could produce its drugs in Cuba for one-tenth the cost of local production...
...Galapagos are a treasured natural resource for Ecuador. But many different agencies and individuals have an interest in the islands, and it is very difficult for all to agree on anything. The unrecognized heroes of this situation are the superintendent and staff of the Galapagos National Park. Overworked and underpaid, they accomplish small miracles. Most of the workers are native people who realize that the future of the islands lies in maintaining a pristine environment for its wildlife. Sad to say, the islands might benefit enormously from being completely closed to outside influence for a few years. BILL HENDRICKS Renton...
...three-year, $214,000 contract with the city to do the hospital's laundry, according to Marka Peterson, an organizer of the Union of Needletrades Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE). UNITE claims that the 150 workers, most of whom receive between 54.50 and 56 per hour, are underpaid and subjected to dangerous work conditions, including exposure to blood and feces. They also charged that Royal has offered an unreasonably expensive health-insurance plan for its employees...
...commissioned by federal investigators found that McDougal and his companies covered more than three-quarters of the nearly $200,000 in losses sustained by Whitewater. And according to an analysis done for committee Republicans--but disputed by both the White House and the President's personal lawyer--the Clintons underpaid the IRS $13,272 by taking improper deductions for Whitewater expenses...
...YOUR STORY ON CORRUPTION IN THE New Orleans police force [Crime, March 20], you imply that the reason police officer Antoinette Frank killed three people was that she was overworked and underpaid. But that cannot be the reason for triple murder. Here is another example of deviant behavior being "defined down'' to manageable proportions, affording Frank "victim'' status, rationalizing her heinous crime and making it more acceptable. She made a conscious choice to commit murder. She is responsible for that choice, and not the police, however corrupt...