Word: workers
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Social Worker Martin Trachtenberg, co-founder of a number of groups that support children of Holocaust survivors, several years ago began to notice one odd symptom: survivors' children were frequently overwhelmed by anxiety when facing some less-than-vital decisions, such as choosing a college or leaving home to move into an apartment of their own. Trachtenberg saw it as a fear of separating from parents; in the camps, separation was usually final and meant death. "Some struggled with going to college, but they did it," says Trachtenberg. "And when they got there, they called their parents every...
...alumna and staff worker who is acquainted with the Forum's activities said yesterday she felt the decision showed that undergraduates were the lowest of Radcliffe's priorities. "The forum was the only part of Radcliffe actively involved with undergraduates--and they cut it," she said...
...McLean. In a coup de grace, McLean filed a notice with the state Division of Employment Security, preventing Malin from collecting unemployment insurance. In such a situation, governmental action to secure immediate reinstatement is, by its nature, the most effective remedy to protect violation. Without such action, the victimized worker faces financial hardship in pursuing the case. Furthermore, the co-workers in these circumstances are naturally reluctant to speak out about their working conditions for fear they will lose their jobs. But according to Howard M. Kowal '35, who prosecuted many labor cases as Boston's former New England Regional...
...average worker, facing a possible loss of income and the need to expend large amounts of time and effort gathering evidence, the benefits of exercising theoretically guaranteed rights are miniscule compared with the potential costs of potential dismissal. Such a system cannot help but diminish the number of persons seeking to engage in activities protected by the NLRA. It will also discourage workers fired for participating in these activities from filing charges with the NLRB and following them through...
...employer who realizes that prohibitive costs may well prevent his employees from taking action is less reluctant to fire a few employees because the chance of reaching court is so small. An employer is also prompted to violate these rights if he feels the worker's challenge threatens his absolute authority...