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...companies make inroads into being more inclusive, they need to go one step deeper. There's this wonderful labor pool that's untapped...
This Halloween, janitors, their children, and members of Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM) appeared on University President Lawrence H. Summers’ doorstep asking for more than just candy. In addition to requests for an increase in wages to $20 an hour, the protestors asked for paternity/maternity leave of three to five days, for a sick leave of three to five days, that childcare benefits be extended to part-time employees, and that the University continue to work towards increasing the level of full-time custodial staff to 60 percent. While we are opposed to the $20 per hour increase...
...Guard Stephen McCombe, for the purpose of deepening students’ awareness of their local communities.” McCombe, a celebrated union leader, died earlier this year. The fact that the newspaper is being delivered in his name suggests that the donor is probably someone affiliated with campus labor activism, but sadly, Doordropped could not confirm his or her identity. Deborah Eisner, the Chronicle’s managing editor, couldn’t be happier with the boost in distribution. Her circulation increases as a result, and at least in theory, people who have traditionally ignored the paper...
...condone the treatment Harvard gives its workers,” said Daniel Mejia, a janitor in William James Hall. “In spite of being the biggest and most recognized university, there are other universities that have much better salaries than Harvard.” Members of Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM) similarly called upon the university to meet higher standards as an employer. “As Harvard’s top employer in Cambridge, Harvard has a huge influence not only in Cambridge but also in the greater Boston area,” said Alyssa M. Aguilera...
...four of the initiatives were aimed at curbing the power of the Democratic Party machine and its organized labor backers in California. Schwarzenegger wanted to have teachers work for five years, not two, before getting tenure; to require unions to ask each individual member before using their dues for political campaigns; to put a cap on state spending; and to put retired judges, not legislators, in charge of redrawing electoral districts. Since the beginning of the year public sector unions have been running bitter attack ads on television against the governor, driving down his popularity rating and neutralizing his value...