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...America’s governors gather together at the National Governors Association winter meeting, they may fondly remember the days before former Governor George W. Bush became the ubiquitous Dubya. After Newt Gingrich and the Contract with America tanked, the G.O.P. reinvented itself with a wave of moderate Republican governors at its helm—most notably Bush, George E. Pataki (New York), George H. Ryan (Illinois) and John M. Engler (Michigan). But now that the prodigal son has graduated from Texas to oversee the federal government in Washington, he seems to be putting the squeeze on his closest...
Harvard and its janitors union reached a contract settlement late last night that would pay all janitors at least $11.35 an hour and raise wages steadily over the next three years. Both sides claimed success as last night’s agreement brought six weeks of heated negotiations to a close...
Harvard negotiators called the contract a “great agreement” that was “favorable to the workers and the University,” and union officials and janitors said the agreement was “a joyful moment” after weeks of little progress on wages...
Both sides agreed that Tuesday’s protests were a turning point in the contract talks, but each maintained that the opposite side had given in to pressure...
SEIU hopes to influence Harvard to raise janitors’ base wages to $14 an hour in today’s contract negotiations at the Sheraton Commander Hotel on Garden Street, union officials have said. The negotiations are in their sixth week, and the two sides have come to little agreement on new wage or benefit provisions, despite resolving many other issues, representatives of both sides have confirmed...