Word: wages
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...University and the interpreter then negotiate an hourly wage, which is usually between...
...days without specific congressional authorization. "Decision-making authority in the Executive Branch has been compromised by the Legislative Branch to an extent that actively interferes," Weinberger declared, a position that Reagan and Secretary Shultz share. In essence, the eleven-year-old act limits the President's freedom to wage undeclared wars. For Congress that constraint is one of the lessons of Viet Nam. But critics point out that the time limit of the act might also cede an important advantage to military enemies: if it seems possible that Congress will not authorize combat past the first 60 days...
...Heritage Foundation, a private think-tank which has been a font of ideas for the administration, argues that the controversial idea "would land to a flood of litigation, massive wage redistribution, a distortion of free market principles and, ultimately, widespread job dislocation...
Yale says it offers a reasonable wage. In point of fact, many of its employees are near the poverty level. And the university's excuses have prove as unshakeable as its moldy final offer. "Our position hasn't changed," a spokesman said recently, "Yale's offer already exceeds its capacity." It's sad, they say, but there just doesn't seem to be enough money. Coming from an institution that, in the last fiscal year to be assessed, turned a tidy $35 million surplus and spent $4 million alone on a union-busting law firm, this is rather hard...
...wage increases are "going to cause a shortfall of almost a quarter million dollars," said Giroux. "Between now and June 31, 1985, we are going to have to make some severe cutbacks in the school department," Giroux added...