Word: labering
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...aftermath of the whole saga, observers of Eastern European affairs remain split about the implications of Harvard's invitation to Walesa. Some argue that the gesture, though fruitless, carried symbolic significance. "I think it's a very good thing Harvard invited him," says Jeri Laber, executive director of the Helsinki Watch Committee, a prominent human rights monitoring group. "It's important that there be as much support in the West as possible for anyone who's the subject of as much harassment as he is. The more invitations like this the better...
...woman identified as a member of the Pregressive Laber Party branded racism "the lifeblood of capitalism" and told the crowd that racism cannot be eliminated as long as the "bosses" continue to exist...
...produce certainly save more lives. But they also gobble more dollars in the process. And the other major component of the hospital cost increase--higher wages for cooks, janitors, and the other prosaic workers who help care for the patients -- helped solve another obvious social need. The semi-sweatshop laber practices of the 1950's hospitals had to end; unfortunately, ending them meant hiking hospital charges another step...
...reduce a required 60-day notice-of-contract-termination clause in the act to thirty. But here again, it is not enough to effect these changes without considering the many associated questions. In this instance, the penalty for violating the sixty-day notice requirement is one-sided: stringent on laber, not so harsh on management. While the length of notification is being considered, penalties should be equalized also...
...Laber has put through its program very well," Beer thought. Practically everything on the 1945 election manifesto, he said, can now be matched up with a statute or regulation. "But the fact that they had to put through so much made them a little inflexible," he continued. He pointed out that they could not foresee the great burden of armaments that Britain would have to bear...