Word: waging
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Many states, including Massachusetts, are well ahead of the federal minimum wage, though we could still do better. In addition, many citizens are looking to the states to protect the environment, civil rights, and reproductive freedom, and to stimulate job growth. The list goes...
...endeavor. You have just spent years as part of the Harvard community and, in many cases, also the broader community. During your time at Harvard, you have demonstrated your stake in the world around you: in the campaign to pay the University’s janitorial staff a living wage, through your participation in Phillips Brooks House projects, through activism at the Institute of Politics, and as a volunteer at the Lutheran Church homeless shelter, CityStep, or other Cambridge school programs...
...party leaders debate just how Democrats should present themselves as the alternative to the GOP, Pelosi has been pushing to talk more about their vision for the country and recently put out a list of initiatives Democrats would pursue were they to seize control: raising the minimum wage, cutting student loan interest rates, reducing government subsidies to oil companies and instituting so-called pay-as-you go budget principles, meaning every increase in spending would be offset by either a tax increase or a cut in some other spending program. And Democrats will put out a plan calling for increased...
Democrats lately recognize the perils of entropy and have started taking steps to fix it. Democratic leaders told TIME that in coming weeks, the party will coalesce around several working-class issues, including raising the minimum wage and increasing student loans, which the leaders believe will appeal to voters concerned about values. Emanuel's candidates will sign on to a "Six in '06" list of issues with a populist theme. Dean, who says the party should appeal to Evangelicals, will echo those working-class appeals this fall with a push on values. And Pelosi has promised that bills along those...
...issue of staffing presented one of the main obstacles as the College prepared to extend Lamont’s hours. At the time, federal wage and hour laws prevented women from working late nights, and only three of Lamont’s 22 staff members were men. While the Freshman Union Committee offered to staff the library with volunteer freshmen after 10 p.m., Buck chose to simply use a reduced staff during the extended hours, saying at the time, “it isn’t fair to depend on anyone whom you don’t compensate...