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...threat of an INS bust has become a weapon in the arsenal of antiunion employers. When undocumented Latina chambermaids at the Holiday Inn Express in Minneapolis, Minn., voted to join the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union last year, management called in the INS, and they were hauled off to jail. But the union posted their bonds, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission launched an investigation, and the hotel agreed to pay a $72,000 settlement. The INS, which had at first threatened to deport the illegal maids, agreed to let seven of the eight remain in the U.S. "Companies across...
...bills, investments and purchases to him. She should tell him what she wants, but if he doesn't agree, she should stay mum and do what he wants. As for sex, at least once a week even if she's not in the mood. And while she should express herself in terms of what she feels rather than what she thinks, she should never ask about his feelings...
...What she is saying here is how to manipulate your husband," warns Philadelphia therapist Michael Broder. "True intimacy comes from being able to express your true thoughts and feelings." But Doyle counters that her book is not hard doctrine or meant for everyone. "If your behavior is extreme, and you're being pushed to the other extreme, you're likely to end up in the middle. I don't expect you to do this perfectly. I still don't." (She does it well enough for her husband, who has called their marriage "an empowering" experience...
Minda Shultz, 36, an advanced claim analyst with American Express Financial Advisors, offers a good example of how the philanthropy programs can pay off. Shultz has been able to spend large amounts of time offering aid to hospice patients, in good measure owing to the support of Amex. The company paid for Shultz, a 15-year company veteran, to take a six-month sabbatical in 1999 to volunteer for Hospice of the Lakes in Minneapolis, an organization that provides medical and social-service care for dying individuals. For employees who have been with the firm for at least 10 years...
...Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was found to have hepatitis C in 1996. Devastated, she nonetheless continued to work as a legal assistant in a prominent law firm. But she shared the news of her condition--in confidence, she thought--with her supervisor. In no time, people began to express condolences. "It was awful-- people coming up to me in the elevators, tapping me on the shoulder while I was at my desk," says the mother of two. Worse by far, Quick was told her position was being dissolved, and she was given three months' notice of termination. The news was heartbreaking...