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According to a statement released by its producers, Occupation will be distributed nationally by the AFL-CIO and its affiliate, Service Employees International Union, which represents Harvard’s unionized custodians...
...wages higher than the Cambridge “living wage” so strenuously demanded last spring. Also significant is the proposed “parity” wage system that would give outsourced workers and Harvard-employed workers equivalent wages. The parity system, advocated by the AFL-CIO, is a strong inducement to Harvard for good faith collective bargaining and is an exciting measure in its own right. However, in expressing its disappointment at not receiving the empty chalice of a living wage tied to a measure of need, a Crimson staff editorial downplays the call for parity...
...compromise came after a marathon negotiation session that included high-ranking AFL-CIO officials and top Harvard administrators, including General Counsel Anne Taylor and former Vice President for Government, Community and Public Affairs Paul S. Grogan...
...solidified” ideas they already had by bringing the issue out into the open. And here may be one of PSLM’s main failures. While they reached the heights of publicity, grabbed the support of top political figures like AFL-CIO President John Sweeney and Massachusetts senators Kerry and Kennedy, and secured an alliance with unions, student opinion is still divided. Only one student FM spoke to said she was swayed in favor of a living wage by the sit-in.The PSLM has definitely raised awareness about the living wage, but its success at raising support remains...
...Missouri), ordinarily one of Bush’s main adversaries, told CNN’s John King, “I think the president, the vice president, secretary of state, are undertaking a very complicated, and, frankly, fitting type of response to this.” Ultra-liberal AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney has also voiced his support for Bush, and he openly backed any U.S. military retaliation that might take place. The magnitude and degree of positive responses from those normally critical of the administration have been unbelievable. Conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh noted...