Word: contracting
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...decade of the '90s with a clean slate," says Scott Merlis, an analyst with the investment firm Morgan Stanley. The automaker's latest downsizing, which will eliminate an estimated 20,000 jobs, drew no protest from the United Auto Workers. One reason is that the U.A.W.'s new contract with GM allows many workers who lose their jobs to get severance equal to as much as three years...
After a brief dispute over certification, the union became the official staff representative in November 1988. The contract for operation between the union and Harvard was heralded by many in the organized labor movement as a model for future unions...
Most recently, the costs of unionization became apparent when Acting Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Henry Rosovsky attributed a $2 million cost to higher salaries and expanded benefits negotiated in the June 1989 contract but not fully anticipated in the 1990 budget plan...
ECAC first-team goalie Dave Gagnon (2.22 goals-against-average, .902 save percentage) inked a million-dollar multi-year pro contract. The mainstay's of Slater's top two offensive lines have graduated. But the Red Raiders are returning strong. They've already knocked off top-ranked B.U., 9-6, in Boston this year...
...being told their dad is No. 456," says Dr. Cappy Rothman, who heads the California Cryobank in Los Angeles. Some single mothers, sensitized by the related debate regarding adoption, want to carve out an option for their children now. The Sperm Bank of California in Oakland offers a new contract that, if signed by both sperm donor and mother, would allow a child access to his father's name upon turning 18. Lawyers warn, however, that such contracts are largely untested in the courts...