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...strong student organization was evidenced, when undergraduates staged a sit-in to urge the University to pay its employees a living wage. Silvers was involved in some of the negotiations between students and administrators as a third-party labor representative...

Author: By ZOE A. Y. WEINBERG, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Protest Apartheid | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...worst over for Greece? I think the worst is over for the crisis that we've had, the sort of peak of the crisis. But there's a lot of work to be done, difficult work. The pain is still there because the cuts, the wage cuts, the economic measures are biting and people will all feel this in the next few years. But if we do what is necessary, we'll come out of this stronger and much more viable. And that's what my hope is - and my belief is - that we can do this. Sometimes crises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A with George Papandreou | 4/12/2010 | See Source »

...regularly does outreach with colleges to help protect the rights of students. But what about older interns, many of whom graduated years ago? "That's not the typical scenario that's been on our radar screen," says Nancy Leppink, the DOL's wage and hour deputy administrator. "The fact of the matter is, the legal requirements aren't any different...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Working for Free: The Boom in Adult Interns | 4/12/2010 | See Source »

...Trades Union Congress, launched rightsforinterns.org.uk in late March to help get the word out that internships that offer no real training are exploitative - and illegal. So far, more than 2,500 people have joined a Facebook group that a British student started called Interns Must Be Paid the Minimum Wage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Working for Free: The Boom in Adult Interns | 4/12/2010 | See Source »

...employers must go hand in hand with changed student focus.  Undergraduates should shift their approach toward other ways to learn skills, such as working for non-profits or volunteering. Additionally, meaningful work can be found in jobs that don’t offer fantastic compensation above minimum wage or the prestige of an internship...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: The Pay Is the Thing | 4/9/2010 | See Source »

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