Word: woonsocket
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...Brown graduate Medoff, exposure to unions began in his childhood. His grandparents owned textile mills near his native Woonsocket. R.I., and from an early age he observed the life of blue collar workers in the textile industry, with its characteristic low wages and poor working conditions...
After a successful career as a lacrosse player at Brown, where he was known as "the Woonsocket Rocket," Medoff came to Harvard and received his Ph.D in 1975, and has been on the Faculty ever since. He has published a number of articles on internal labor markets, and also on topics such as salaries, promotions and seniority within firms. Medoff teaches Economics 1660. "Operation of Labor Markets" as well as a graduate seminar. His only hobby, he says, is playing basketball with his three-year-old son, Justin...