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...address to the University Women’s Forum, Bunting-Smith said that a woman’s expected role as a wife and mother should not prevent her from joining the workforce??rather, educational institutions should be expected to cater to her unique needs...
...notify and consult with the union before conducting any layoffs in order to allow the union to propose alternatives to job cuts, Jaeger said. Similarly, University spokesman Kevin Galvin said that while Harvard will likely “have to make further changes to the size of its workforce?? in the face of an unprecedented fiscal crisis, discussions with union partners are still underway, making it “premature” to determine when such changes to staff positions might occur. Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith said in April that the administration would...
...reports in the media blaming Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) for everything from causing Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) to ruining marriages. A recent Forbes article was even entitled “Is Your BlackBerry Ruining your Sex Life?” These reports have been targeted at members of the workforce??from the up-and-coming attorney to the Fortune 500 CEO—yet have failed to account for the newest class of “CrackBerry” addicts: Harvard students...
...better regulatory climate for small businesses. Each proposal was further broken down into specific planks, with provisions such as universal health care access—which Pelosi said would reduce costs for small businesses—and the addition of 100,000 scientists and engineers to the workforce??which Pelosi said was essential to maintain U.S. economic competitiveness. “These commitments, taken together, represent a Democratic decision in favor of the future,” Pelosi said. “Democrats have challenged Congress and the country to renew our commitment to public-private partnerships...
...longer is it just the blue-collar workforce??the Midwestern hardhats, the Southern millers, the Rustbelt miners—who watch their plants close and their jobs replaced because foreign labor is cheaper. Now, we are told, it is all of us whose (future) jobs are at risk. Or, more precisely, it is every service sector worker who need not appear in person: today’s Bangalore customer service callers could become tomorrow’s investment bankers...