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...coronation of Ona might appear comic, but it is a sinister scene in the tragedy that looms over the beautiful but ravaged island. For more than 14 years, Ona and his band of rebels in the Bougainville Revolutionary Army have occupied a no-go zone around the vast Panguna copper mine. The villagers who fall inside his territory are denied essential services, and face a fragile security situation. Blundering by corporate jet into this dysfunctional society came an eccentric Australian businessman. His arrival brought hollow promises of multi-million-dollar business deals and benign health programs, and coincided with Musingku...
There is not much that can be said against free trade in the vast majority of cases. It increases incomes. It facilitates the transfer of not only money, but values—look to the countries where the U.S. has enforced embargoes and those with which we have traded freely. It is hard not to think that trade must have something to do with why, for example, we have better relations with China than Cuba. Furthermore, raising these incomes tends to strengthen governments, who can then make the transition to paying their civil servants well and establishing better institutions. With...
...union—are in better shape [than workers for contractors who don’t have unions],” says Brian Lang, an organizer with HEREIU, the dining hall employees union. “It’s not that simple [to join the union]. Employers put vast resources into fighting employees’ efforts to unionize—and that’s the single biggest impediment...
Their short FAQ on the “Living Wage” says that the “vast majority of Sodexho workers earn an hourly wage that is significantly higher than minimum wage,” and that “most are eligible for such benefits as health care, dental, 401K and paid sick leave, holidays and vacation days...
Associate Librarian of Harvard College for Collections Jeffrey L. Horrell said the immense audio library would add a new dimension to Harvard’s already vast research capacity...