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...reminded that it’s not like that for everybody. There is still work to do. It’s not a feminist right. It’s a human right to work with dignity. THC: We see Josie struggle in the film to be both a worker in a mine and a single mother. How do you balance being a mother and a film maker? NC: It’s not easy. But in my case, I have an amazing, amazing husband who’s an architect. He shut down his practice for a couple of years...
...labor market demands. In practice, if Harvard were to grant a living wage, it would have to make up the extra expenditure through other means. Living wages granted in cities nationwide have mixed track records. Businesses sometimes report being able to make up for lost cash through increased worker morale, but the majority of cases see businesses voluntarily accepting reduced profits. With a fixed operating budget every year, Harvard is far less flexible. To compensate for a living wage, it would either have to hire fewer workers or take the money from other places. Both outcomes stand to leave Harvard...
...demanding a $20-per-hour living wage for all University janitors.In the midst of a contract renegotiation for Harvard’s janitors, the new Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM) succeeds the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM)—which successfully led the campaign that brought Harvard workers a guaranteed $10.25 hourly living wage and a number of other improvements in compensation. SLAM has an active membership of about 50 students, according to group organizer Michael A. Gould-Wartofsky ’07, and its Facebook group claimed 141 members last week.Although many current SLAM members were formerly involved...
...Iraq: whether to vote in this week's referendum on a new constitution. "The best way for us to show our opposition is to boycott," says Majid al-Bayati, 63, a retired lawyer, as some congregants mutter approval. "It's a complete waste of time." Upon hearing this, construction worker Samir Abdel-Haadi, 33, pushes back. "That is the kind of thinking that got us where we are today," he says, referring to the elections last January that produced a victory for religious Shi'ite parties. This time around, he says, Sunnis should stand up and be counted...
...Critics have accused the big growers, like those in Nassif's organization, of exaggerating worker shortages to prevent tougher enforcement of immigration laws. But Manuel Cunha, Jr., president of the Nisei Farmers League in Fresno, Calif., whose organization represents 1,000 small farmers, says this year's shortage is real, and likely to affect much more than the Central San Joaquin Valley. Winter lettuce, broccoli, and other crops could be next, then the large-scale agricultural producers in Texas and Florida, not to mention hotels, slaughterhouses and restaurants. "Businesses across the country depend on unauthorized foreign labor," Cunha says. "Congress...