Word: wagesã
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...explicitly opposed the living wage, though Associate Vice President Thomas E. Vautin and Ascherman Professor of Economics Richard S. Freeman both expressed support for the practice of outsourcing. However, the comment period was more split, as several students spoke against “uniform minimum wages?? and questioned the circumstances of Hoxby’s resignation...
...Hallmark™ drivel, platitudinous pomposities heard at Opening Ceremonies and Commencement and scorned in between. But their value becomes clear when you recognize the consequences of ignoring them. And the consequences of thinking of Harvard as a corporation are today unmistakable: more than 1,000 workers receive poverty wages??forcing many to work 80 hours or more a week at two or even three jobs—and it is commonplace to encounter abuse from supervisors...
PSLM gained widespread national attention for a 21-day sit-in this spring demanding an end to “poverty wages?? paid to University janitors...
...best examples of this happened last year, when most of us saw our house security guards replaced by subcontracted guards from Security Systems, Inc. This was culmination of the administration’s long-term effort to force out Harvard’s own guards who received living wages??an effort that has slashed the number of Harvard guards from roughly 120 to 18 and effectively busted the guards’ union. The savings that administrators realized were minimal, but the costs to our community were immense: because administrators refused to negotiate with the guards’ union...