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...those without relatives, the search for sponsors takes longer. "There just aren't enough people willing to take them in," says Marisol Alegret, a worker with the International Rescue Committee, one of half a dozen placement agencies helping out. And those who do volunteer as sponsors must be carefully screened. "We don't want to dump these refugees," says Jan Pittman, regional director of the U.S. Catholic Conference, who regularly turns down requests from those looking only for cheap Cuban help. "This isn't like going to the humane society...
...Several workers, however, feel the minimal improvements in fringe benefits which accompanies the 10-9-8 are insufficient to cope with present economic conditions. "At least you can hold onto benefits; money doesn't mean anything any more," one Building and Grounds worker said...
...change of most immediate concern to incoming MBAs is the addition of a new required course to the first-year curriculum. The course, entitled "Human Resources Development," will deal with the development of human resource strategies to enhance worker satisfaction and productivity. This kind of course, Heskett says, addresses the business-social interface Bok spoke...
...deal, as it became known, was fashioned under the assumption that economic issues would have primacy in negotiation sessions. Edward W. Powers, associate general counsel for employee relations and chief negotiator for the University, says the 10-9-8-- roughly a $1000 raise for "the average worker"--also represented an effort on the part of Harvard to compensate for the settlements of two years ago, which "turned out not that generous" in the light of snowballing inflation...
Most Harvard labor leaders last fall did not foresee smooth contract talks. A general sentiment that "money doesn't mean anything anymore," as one B&G worker said, and the remnants of longstanding disputes between the unions and the University over issues such as attrition, discrimination, contracting out and job security did not seem to bode well for easy negotiations. Union leaders expressed a willingness to struggle hard after a two-year hiatus, and resentment towards Harvard's attitude--"It's a shame to drain off financial resources unnecessarily to the support services," Powers says--did not promise tranquil bargaining...