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...example, says the tariffs will directly affect products that accounted for just 2% of its ?12.6 billion revenues last year - but the 2 million to 5 million tons of mostly low-priced steel, particularly from Asia, that could be redirected from the U.S. to Europe. Invoking the same wto safeguard provisions that the U.S. used to justify tariffs, the E.U. could soon seal off its own steel market. Some European politicians even argue that wto rules will allow for sanctions against other U.S. products, though Lamy says he takes a dim view of a "you kick me, I punch...
...other situation it may be seen as comical that military officials announced that the Pentagon was going to start deceiving people but, unfortunately, this is no joke. It is imperative that the Bush administration abandon these dangerous plans and safeguard the reputation of the United States with friend and foe alike...
...Mann also made sure the supporting cast did its homework. Angelo Dundee, Ali's former trainer, was often on the set with Ron Silver, who plays him in the movie. Actor Jeffrey Wright closely observed Bingham, who was on hand to take pictures and help safeguard historical accuracy. Jamie Foxx studied tapes of Ali's late, drug-addled corner man Drew (Bundini) Brown. Jon Voight, who last summer hid himself under layers of prosthetics as Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Pearl Harbor, again endured hours each day in the makeup chair, this time disguising himself as Howard Cosell. The witty verbal...
...many workers still earning poverty wages, a fuller commitment to a living wage as a permanent safeguard is not, of course, an academic issue. Our concern is that a parity wage might create new jobs with lower real wages in the future, or that the University might bargain without good faith and exact wage concessions from workers. As our findings of fact amply suggest, these scenarios have been all too possible in the past. And the example of Harvard’s security guards—who have almost all been outsourced—shows the fragility...
...terms and conditions of employment. However, we do not believe that the living wage should be a bargaining chip in union negotiations. Harvard’s workers should never be placed in a position of trading away other benefits in order to obtain minimally adequate wages. Harvard should safeguard employees’ living standards by adopting a living wage...