Word: roofer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Abner Stoltzfus began taking on work as a roofer in his late teens, often traveling outside his home in Lancaster County, Penn., to rustle up some spare cash. Before long he ran into a member of the Pagans motorcycle gang who offered him some cocaine on the job. Soon Stoltzfus was hooked, money was running low, and he began pushing drugs to feed his habit. "I don't think there was much analysis behind his actions," his lawyer, John Pyfer Jr., told TIME. "I think it just happened, the way it could happen to your child or mine...
...devastated by the thought of moving from her home of 19 years. "I thought that this would be my house till the day I die," she says. "I wish people would believe us." The problem is, her neighbors are much more convincing. Raul Florez, a 22-year-old roofer from Mexico who lives two houses down from the Krafts, says John Sr. harassed him as soon as he moved in two years ago. Guyana native Sukhram Narine, who lives on the other side of the Ramoses, recalls suffering verbal attacks from the Krafts -- until the Ramoses arrived next door. "After...
...another place to work I would," says roofer Michael Braga, whose major gripe is reduced pay. "I think Harvard sucks...There's all this `Do you have any Grey Poupon?' bullshit. The buildings are nice, but who cares...
...percent cut in pay stinks, and it isn't fair from the richest college in the country," says roofer Roger M. Young...
Michael Braga, a roofer, says the agreement which included the 10 percent cut, negotiated by Harvard and union leaders, takes advantage of workers...