Word: hours
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...hour standard is taken directly from the Cambridge living wage ordinance, approved by the City Council in May. The ordinance established a minimum wage of $10 per hour for all city workers, as well as employees of city contractors. According to the Eviction-Free Zone, one of three organizations which drafted the ordinance, $10 per hour was chosen because it was the lowest wage paid any unionized city employee. As such, it was seen as a minimal standard for a living wage. In fact, studies on the local cost of living show just how minimal it is. According...
These findings have been borne out by our experience talking to workers: We have not found a Harvard employee who earns less than $10 per hour and who can afford to live in Cambridge...
...agree, however, that fair compensation should include both wages and benefits; for this reason, we support the implementation of a living wage of $10 per hour with the option of benefits...
...dollars per hour is not a living wage. It is simply an arbitrary and inflated number...
...arguments presented by the administration are evasive, misleading and so obviously wrong that we can hardly imagine that administrators honestly believe them. It is clear to the overwhelming majority of students, workers and community members that a $10-per-hour living wage at Harvard is fair and necessary, and that the poverty that this University creates is unacceptable by any measure...