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...unhappy as they are about the contract, employees are even more disappointed with the dismal representation that the union provided for them. The union gave the workers just 45 minutes to read and vote on a summary of the contract. Citing the high number of employees from third-world countries, one employee complained that 45 minutes just was not enough. The same employee, whose name is protected for confidentiality, suggested that the union intentionally rammed the contract down the throats of the workers. Other employee gripes included, "[The union representative] didn't explain the whole contract...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Union Acted Irresponsibly | 11/2/1996 | See Source »

...would be inconsistent with [Harvard's] purpose to set aside space for racial, ethnic and cultural groups," Epps said at the time. "Third-world or multicultural centers promote racial separation...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Inter-Ethnic Center Requested Again | 12/15/1995 | See Source »

...Some of these groups that are actively supporting us that have signed the petition are, for instance, [Harvard-Radcliffe] Hillel and the Irish Historical and Cultural Society--groups that aren't necessarily considered third-world," he said...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Inter-Ethnic Center Requested Again | 12/15/1995 | See Source »

BSFA members joined Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in a sit-in at University Hall to demand that 20 percent of Harvard construction workers be either Black or from a "third-world" nation...

Author: By Victoria E.M. Cain, | Title: Black Students Protested on Their Own Terms | 6/6/1995 | See Source »

...modern, liberated young Israeli women contemptuous of the macho and militaristic values woven through their society. ``A fine movie, well produced and well acted,'' summed up l`Isha, a women's publication, and added, ``For a change, Tel Aviv doesn't look like it is part of a third-world country.'' Fox financed his $600,000 film from government grants and private investors, who are gambling that the movie will be a box-office success not only in Israel but beyond. So far, the bet is paying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME International, Feb. 20, 1995 | 2/20/1995 | See Source »

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