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The Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) voted Thursday to ratify a joint University-HUCTW agreement that will halt a reduction of part-time worker health benefits for another year. The agreement, first announced last month, was endorsed by 89 percent of HUCTW's 3,600 members.
DIED. PAUL TSONGAS, 55, former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate; of pneumonia contracted after liver surgery on Jan. 10; in Boston. In 1983 Tsongas was found to have lymphoma, but it was successfully treated, and at his death there was no sign that it had returned. However, bone-marrow transplants...
5 Canon ELPH 490Z Yes, yes, this tiny aluminum point-and-shoot boasts a foolproof loading mechanism and powerful zoom lens, but what makes it truly revolutionary? Efficient design that features a swing-open lens cover, which turns the camera on and reveals a multifunction flash unit and a red...
Bill Zanker, 42, is one of those quirky entrepreneurs always on the lookout for the Next Great Idea. Jogging through San Francisco's Golden Gate Park one day, he spotted a man offering massages for $1 a minute. "He was dirty, he looked homeless, and yet people were lined up...
Beginning last spring, Margulies began a staff reduction program to eliminate 15 percent of employees through voluntary and involuntary layoffs. To date, OIT has trimmed its 260-person staff by 36 percent through voluntary layoffs.