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...suggest may help prevent breast cancer, diabetes and other ailments. Moreover, grass-finished meat is higher than grain-finished meat in vitamin A and vitamin E, two antioxidants thought to boost resistance to disease. "Grass-fed meat is beef with benefits," says nutritionist Kate Clancy, author of a recent Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) report. UCS, a Washington-based nonprofit, reviewed scores of studies and concluded that a change from grain-based feedlots back to a purely pasture-based system "would be better for the environment, animals and humans...
...graduate Shirley Ann Jackson has always been a trailblazer: she co-founded the Black Student Union at the university, became the first black woman at MIT to earn a doctoral degree, and also made history as the first black woman in the country to earn a doctorate in physics...
Harvard dining hall workers will earn a starting salary of $13.08 per hour next year, an increase of $0.83, according to the terms of a five-year deal tentatively reached yesterday with the University. The deal with HERE Local 26, the union that represents Harvard’s 470 dining hall workers, boosts salaries by an average of 5.5 percent in the first contract year and 4.5 percent by the contract’s final year, marking a $4.15 per hour increase over five years—double the outcome of the union’s 2001 negotiations. The University...
Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) workers are covered by a five-year collective bargaining agreement that expires on June 19. Harvard is strongly committed to the collective bargaining process now underway with their union representatives, and more generally to fostering a strong, mutually respectful relationship with each of the seven unions representing 6,700 of Harvard’s 18,000 employees. There are approximately 470 members of the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union (HERE)/Local 26 at Harvard working in residential dining halls and campus restaurants, as well as in the Faculty Club.Our goal in the current...
...from 7 Sumner Rd. The last few residents finally gave up their legal battle and departed, weary of fighting for their homes against a University that was willing to pour thousands of dollars and thousands of hours of legal talent into evicting them. Many Harvard employees, angry at anti-union campaigns, have complained as well. The seed Harvard has planted with its tenants is starting to bear fruit; a month ago, they began to band together in a Harvard tenant union to complain about abuses and demand fairer treatment. And there are some signs their tactics will work?...