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More than 600 Harvard workers, their families, community members and students protested University employment policies Monday, in preparation for the beginning of the custodial union’s contract negotiations...
Since Chelsea club rules prohibit players from going out drinking within a 48-hour period before a match, Terry and Morris were each fined two weeks' wages - the maximum permitted in a standard player contract. This was not the first time the players had violated club rules: Terry and Morris were fined after a drinking spree near Heathrow Airport on Sept. 12, during which they were accused of offending American tourists stranded in the wake of the previous day's terrorist attacks. In the program notes for a game after last Wednesday's court hearing, Chelsea chairman Ken Bates encouraged...
Early this week, the F.A. will announce whether Terry can represent England while legal proceedings against him are under way. The F.A. is also expected, along with the Professional Footballers' Association, to review whether the maximum two-week fine in a standard contract should be raised. "It is time for a much tougher approach to the problems which are dragging the game down," says Gordon Taylor, the boss of the footballers' union, the PFA. Terry and Morris aren't expected to return to court until Feb. 20, but football is already on trial...
...credit, the committee suggested a partial remedy to prevent wage stagnation. It suggested that wages rise with cost of living if there is a bargaining impasse after a union contract expires. However, the value of this recommendation as a policy is limited. The management can still easily coerce workers to sign away basic standards, creating new lower-wage jobs...
...will decide whether or not to take the necessary steps to ensure that Harvard’s low-wage service workers, overwhelmingly people of color and immigrants, will never be left to work for poverty wages in the future. Just days before Harvard’s janitors officially launch contract negotiations, Summers will have the opportunity to do King’s memory proud. A real commitment to the dignity of the many faces of color who allow Harvard to function will, no doubt, serve as a most welcome step...