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Pleased with the high turnout and energy at the rally, SLAM member Alyssa M. Aguilera ’08-’09 expressed optimism about the campaign...
...members in protesting layoffs of nine subcontracted custodians at Harvard Medical School. “What we really want to encourage was the kind of dialogue that other institutions like MIT have, where students have input into where budget cuts can be made,” said Alyssa M. Aguilera ’08-09, a SLAM member. To date, Harvard has not yet laid off any employees, but University officials have conceded that layoffs still remain a possibility pending a review of responses to the early retirement packages offered to staff members this spring. The 45-day period given...
Alyssa M. Aguilera ’08-’09, a member of SLAM, emphasized that the Council is in a unique position to advocate for students to the College administration and that it is important for SLAM to utilize its connections with the organization...
...resolution’s sponsor, Counsellor Marjorie C. Decker, said that the resolution is a symbolic method to highlight the absurdity of the layoffs. At the last Council meeting, Decker said she thought this type of gesture would shame Harvard into halting layoffs of low-wage workers. Alyssa M. Aguilera ’08-09, a member of the Student Labor Action Movement, spoke during the public comment portion of the meeting. “As students who live and go to school at Harvard, we know that workers are as much a part of our community as faculty...
...administrator sitting behind a sign-in desk.American Cleaning Company—a subcontracted cleaning service that has worked with Harvard for the past year—was told by University officials in February that working hours would be significantly cut, which has translated into company layoffs. Alyssa M. Aguilera ’08-09, a member of Harvard’s Student Labor Action Movement who participated in the protest, said that the Harvard layoffs have occurred in decentralized chunks.Aguilera added that there has to be a priority that is more important than Harvard’s endowment...