Word: unfairness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...would be unfair to say that Sydelle Kramer and Jenny Masur, who edited this collection of ten oral histories of Jewish grandmothers, are cashing in on an idea whose time has come-especially since the distribution of the book has been limited and publicity modest. But they do take a certain polemical tone, consciously setting out to destroy what they perceive to be a sexist stereotype, proclaiming in their introduction that "the women of this book will . . . allow a public so long accustomed to hearing Portnoy's complaint the opportunity to read the whole story." While not attempting a scholarly...
...favoritism. Even when the worker promoted really deserves the promotion, he is made to feel that it is being done as a personal favor from his supervisor and that he owes a debt of personal gratitude. This is insulting to the dignity of the worker promoted, as well as unfair to the workers who don't even have a chance to be considered for promotion...
...think Harvard would like to be rid of me because I have hit a sensitive nerve which goes to the core of Harvard's unfair labor practices and violations of equal opportunity and affirmative action...
...Massachusetts State Senate's Ways and Means Committee to free Chapter 842, the state-wide rent-control enabling act, for a vote by the Senate is a disgraceful abuse of power in high places. Thousands of tenants depend on the law to maintain stable rents and to prevent unfair evictions by landlords. Without it rents would almost certainly undergo an immediate hike. Keeping the bill in committee at a time when its expiration date is drawing near will kill it, and so silence the voices of tenants and their supporters in the Senate on an issue that affects many lives...
...luxury living, especially in Cambridge. Students living together near their schools, people who are looking for extra security in one of the nation's most dangerous cities, all deserve protection from sudden and costly rent hikes and arbitrary evictions, they argue. Whether or not luxury decontrol is prejudicial and unfair, the council was willing to include it in order to further the petition's chances in the legislature...