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...wanted to create an accessible biography “that made Rousseau’s life interesting to the ordinary reader. The existing biographies of him, while thorough, are somewhat long and boring.” “Most people have heard of ‘The Social Contract,’” Damrosch says, referring to Rousseau’s 1762 book outlining the contours of a legitimate political system. “But that’s it.” Damrosch adds, “I wanted that to change...
...Labor Action Movement (SLAM). The meeting is one of four SLAM events this week, including a Thursday roundtable on workers’ rights. After a three year campaign and nine-day hunger strike, Georgetown students won a living wage for workers last spring—successfully demanding full-time contract workers be paid a minimum of $13 an hour by fiscal year 2006. Diane Foglizzo, a recent Georgetown graduate and participant in the hunger strike, said she hoped the Georgetown struggle would inspire similar activism on Harvard’s campus. “So much of the campaign...
...that could change on Nov. 15, as their campaign for an effective living wage, fair benefits, and full-time jobs culminates in the renegotiation of Harvard’s contract with its 750 janitors. But if they are to win dignity and respect on the job, workers need students to stand behind them. Here’s why that is exactly where we ought to be standing...
Harvard compounds the crisis by failing to provide hundreds of janitors with full-time work, breaking the promise made in its last contract to expand full-time opportunities to 60 percent of custodial jobs on campus. And the University continues to cut costs on workers’ backs by outsourcing work and allowing its subcontractors to pay lesser benefits for the same...
...Wyclef entered into negotiations about a month ago before signing a contract late yesterday afternoon, McCambridge said...