Word: workers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...presence of students on financial aid has made an impression on these Lowell kitchen worker. It is--to them--a sign that Harvard does not cater only to the rich, and they do not see Harvard strictly as an elite institution open only to the offspring of the wealthy. "I think anybody who works hard can get in," Thelma says. "I think it's fair in that respect. I know many kids who have to work everyday and go to classes, too, and that's not easy." Pat adds, "Even the rich kids don't make a big show about...
...fellow worker, a Greek immigrant, joins the card-playing group for a few moments and when he leaves, the conversation switches from a discussion of the students to the working relationships back in the kitchen. A considerable number of the dining hall workers are Greek, Puerto Rican or Portuguese, many of whom speak only a little English. According to this group of Lowell workers, there is little tension among the different ethnic groups, despite the communication gaps. There is, however, an understandable tendency toward a self-imposed segregation during the leisure hours, as workers cluster at tables with those...
University officials now say the union misunderstood the purpose of worker reclassification. "We were trying to provide work for carpenters when there was no work for them to do. It was an effort to avoid laying them off, but they felt we were trying to put people on assignments where they wouldn't use their trade skills developed over a number of years," Joyce said, citing this as an example of the "trouble in communicating" that led to the strike...
...University and the MTC did work out a compromise, one which, like all compromises, leaves neither side entirely satisfied. Powers explained the new University policy will be that any worker, regardless of seniority, can be reclassified for a period of time not exceeding three days. If the reclassification job will last longer than three days, the reclassified workers will be selected on the basis of seniority, and if the work will exceed 15 days, the worker will have the choice of asking for a layoff or working on the reassignment. A reclassified worker does not suffer any loss...
Denison University Cyrus Eaton, L.H.D., industrialist. Far-seeing financier and industrial planner; beloved guardian of higher education; world-renowned worker for trade, peace and understanding among nations...