Word: antonio
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...UNICCO pays Antonio $9.05 for each hour that he, literally, cleans up after us. And, this week, Antonio's pay is up for public debate with the outpouring of protests, posters and rallies organized by the Living Wage Campaign. Antonio, along with his fellow UNICCO workers who vacuum our hallowed halls, the dining staff who serve the "honorable" first-year law students their supper, joins the cashiers at Loker Commons and the Greenhouse as the collective victims of an unlivable wage...
...Antonio shrugs nonchalantly when asked about the 95 cents that he stands to gain if the campaign succeeds. The undergraduate and graduate activists spearheading the Living Wage Campaign are pushing Harvard to require that UNICCO raise the wages of all workers to $10, an amount that has been designated by the city of Cambridge as "the minimum living wage...
...Doesn't matter," says Antonio sheepishly, referring to his sleepless nights, long commutes and lack of family time. Antonio and fellow Harvard workers' apathy contrasts dramatically with the surge of activity that has been mobilized on their behalf...
...even as we uphold these ideas, Antonio and his immediate daily condition are somewhat overlooked. Antonio likes Harvard and is grateful that this job provides relative benefits and fairly comfortable working conditions. When he first arrived in the United States 12 years ago, Antonio labored day and night at the fish piers of South Boston...
...Harvardologists will most likely record this week as the "great week of student activism." As we come off of the high, though, we should remember that we are not mere demagogues engaged in purposeless rabble-rousing. The Antonios at Harvard must remain at the focus of any campaign. Furthermore, while advancing Antonio's right to earn 95 cents more, we should not ignore other deeper structural changes that could be made to the system and the socioeconomic reality that currently limits Antonio to two or three hours of sleep a night...