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Matthew A. Opitz '10 was admitted to Mount Auburn hospital at around 2 p.m. Wednesday and placed on intravenous saline solution. He was released at 5:30 p.m. and is continuing with the hunger strike, according to a statement released by Stand for Security Coalition, the group leading the campaign for higher wages...
...After meeting with the other hunger strikers and security guards, they have told me that our struggle has received substantial attention," Castro wrote in a statement posted on the Stand for Security Web site. "Given my medical condition, the recent victories that we have managed to achieve, and the broad support that we have been able to mobilize, I have decided to end my fast...
When Castro was first hospitalized, he received saline through an IV, but refused food and continued with the hunger strike, according to a Tuesday posting on the Stand for Security Web log signed by Michael Gould-Wartofsky '07, a former Crimson editorial columnist...
...MORE INFO: University To Meet with SLAM (May 9, 2007): The University agrees to meet with student protesters to discuss their demands the same day that one of the students participating in the hunger strike is hospitalized for dangerously low sodium and electrolyte levels. The University also announces an independent firm will review the security guards’ contracts and ensure they meet Harvard’s parity standards for direct and indirect hires...
...Students Launch Fast for Guards (May 4, 2007): Around 20 people—including students and other members of the Harvard community—protest in front of Mass. Hall, marking the kickoff of a widely publicized hunger strike aimed at convincing the University to support better working conditions for security guards...