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Whalum conjures the go-go groove in his tribute to the late Grover Washington Jr., "Groverworked and Underpaid." This performance is clearly the highlight of the album. Washington's influence can also be felt in Whalum's covers of Macy Gray's "I Try" and Shai's "Can't Stop the Rain" (which features guest vocals from the original artist...
...never been easy. DEP has underpaid its police officers--the top salary prior to March was $24,435 for patrolmen--and has not given them enough training in the detection of environmental crimes. It has starved them of basic equipment from chemical testing kits to cars. Gatto trained himself with books and videos and bought his own cell phone, cameras, video and tape recorders for preserving evidence. He learned all the tricks for detecting concealed improper discharges of waste. For example, he could put a green dye tablet into a toilet and rush outside to examine the water flowing into...
...experience talking with workers, we have found that most underpaid employees receive no benefits at all; their hourly wage of less than $10 per hour is their "total compensation." In light of this, the administration's emphasis on benefits is misleading...
...have local union representation or access to health and other benefits. Without the guarantee of a $10 living wage, subcontracted laborers are among the lowest paid members of the university community. Although Harvard has not released figures, estimates suggest that subcontracted workers comprise the largest number of underpaid employees, perhaps as many as 1,000 people. The Living Wage Campaign--a coalition of students, workers, and faculty who are working to eliminate the problem of low-wage labor on campus--has demanded "that anyone who works at Harvard, whether directed employed or subcontracted to an outside company, must be paid...
...Peter Neufeld. Both gained fame as part of O.J. Simpson's legal "dream team," and Scheck returned to the media spotlight as the defense attorney for British au pair Louise Woodward. But the Innocence Project dates back to an earlier time, when Scheck and Neufeld were overworked and underpaid Legal Aid lawyers in the South Bronx. Like most defense lawyers, they believed the system made mistakes. And earlier than most, they realized that the hot new technology of DNA testing could revolutionize criminal defense by providing scientific proof that their clients were not guilty. After doing DNA testing...