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Over this time, Summers has had ample opportunity to consider the evidence before him, to evaluate the recommendations of workers, students, faculty and administrators and to develop his own views about a living wage. Now that the public comment period on the HCECP??s recommendations is over, it is time for Summers to announce his decision on Harvard’s wage structure...
...Democratic Party is a strong supporter of the rights of workers and organized labor,” the letter reads. “The Harvard College Democrats thus supports the driving principles behind HCECP??s recommendations, and we have a history of such support...
...then again, you’re no Rudenstine. Your spineless predecessor gave birth to HCECP??s misguided musings when he pandered to PSLM. Now you can set things right by refusing to act until HCECP provides evidence supporting its central claim. Doing so will take some courage. But I think you have...
...essential point remains: HCECP doesn’t offer one shred of evidence demonstrating a relationship between the wages of Harvard’s lowest earners and the University’s academic output; nor does it provide evidence suggesting that the employees who would benefit from HCECP??s recommendations are currently giving less than full productivity. You are a policymaker. You aren’t in the habit of endorsing policies without empirical support. And yet that is precisely what HCECP is asking...
...annual adjustment of the wage standards that our committee recommended. This understanding derives from our own intimate knowledge of the strengths and weaknesses of our committee’s final report. Let us be clear: no one should doubt that the immediate adoption and transparent implementation of the HCECP??s recommendations would result in significant improvements in the lives of workers at Harvard. Besides wages, the gains include making benefits affordable and accessible and having an implementation process with broad-based participation of workers, students and faculty...