Word: wages
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...date. Families with children constitute one-third of the homeless population in 26 major cities, according to a study released last week by the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Moreover, 22% of the homeless hold full- or part- time jobs, but the lack of affordable housing means some low-wage workers cannot find shelter. Meanwhile, the average wait for subsidized housing has reached 22 months...
Another Reagan theme -- that the U.S. is losing the arms race with the Soviet Union and that the Kremlin could wage a pre-emptive attack against the U.S. -- is one that Nitze has been sounding for more than 30 years. Much of his life has been a Paul Revere's ride to alert America that the Russians are coming. NSC-68 predicted that by 1954 the Soviets would have enough nuclear- armed bombers to "seriously damage this country" by striking "swiftly and with stealth." These were more than just words to Nitze. At his Maryland farm there is a bomb...
...support the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW). I think that a strong union on the Harvard campus would hurt both students and workers. Students would be forced to pay higher tuition bills to support higher union wages, and would be at the mercy of the union if a strike or walkout were ever called. Union negotiations with management would restrict possiblities for individuals to distinguish themselves, so a union would hurt workers too. Employee efficiency would drop once union wage scales lessened the relationship between performance...
Members of the Cambridge Police Patrolmen's Association told the City Council last night that city negotiators bargained with them in bad faith by failing to inform them about a wage contract agreement which other city unions had signed...
Under the present contract, starting pay for Cambridge policemen is about $21,000 per year, and the wage ceiling is about $27,000 annually...