Word: wages
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...book says that the process of collective bargaining between a union and the University could risk employees' current pay scale--giving support staff salaries and benefits which are more than, equal to, or less than what they currently receive. The book also maintains that the wage increases AFSCME has negotiated at other universities are less than the increases Harvard support staff receive now, without a union...
Amid the ebb and flow of promises, daily life remains drab for ordinary Bulgarian citizens. Western experts estimate that the standard of living has stagnated or dropped slowly over the past two years; the monthly wage now stands at about $250, compared with $350 for Czechoslovakia. The economy provides adequate supplies of staples but little else. Young people feel especially frustrated at the lack of real reform. Says a 20-year-old Sofia steelworker: "We're all hoping for big changes and new leadership. But we don't expect them soon...
...media mogul was on the brink of selling the daily for about $40 million to Manhattan Developer Peter Kalikow. The agreement leaves so many escape hatches, however, that the outcome is far from certain. Kalikow can walk away from the deal if the Post's unions balk at the wage concessions he plans to demand. Murdoch has the right to back out if he overturns the cross-ownership ban in court or if he gets a better offer...
...whole idea was to get a super hourly wage, [so] we took a lot of risks," Berg says...
...Sandinistas continue to wage peace in Central America, Washington braces for a crucial congressional vote on contra aid. -- Noriega stubbornly clings to power in Panama. -- Israel switches from bullets to beatings in attempting to control Palestinian unrest. -- Mozambique suffers under the double grip of famine and civil...