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...does USSK do it? With the same model that its parent company says is killing its American business. The average yearly wage at the Slovak plant is just $5,500, a tenth of what a typical American steelworker earns. The Slovak government helps pay USSK's retiree health and pension costs. Unions are virtually non-existent. And the firm may have gained market share illegally. USSK is being investigated by the European Commission for allegedly dumping hot-rolled coil at prices 30% below the domestic Slovak price in the first seven months of last year. "What we see in Europe...
Smith has also been involved in the Living Wage Campaign and has served on the Undergraduate Council...
PSLM organizers scheduled the event to educate students about their particular concerns for this Wednesday’s wage negotition meeting between representatives of Harvard’s Labor Relations Department and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 254, which represents Harvard janitors...
...table is crowded with issues. Living wage issues, Core reduction issues, study abroad issues, archaic secretive tenure issues. There are dozens to pick from. They fade in and out, never really completely dropping off the radar. And the import of decisions today, decisions made by the bureaucratic cogs that run this venerable institution, will most likely never make anyone’s life easier or more enriching. At least not today. But the crystal ball is half-full, not half-empty. Mixing metaphors obfuscates the point but—to the rescue—the Rev. Peter J. Gomes, Plummer...
According to union officials, though, Harvard negotiators, led by the Human Resources Office (HRO), initially proposed a starting wage of $10.85 and then upped the offer to $11. Custodial worker and SEIU representative Daniel Mejia called Harvard’s position “cheap...