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...Soep Painting was the low bidder [and] agreed to hire about half of the remaining workers to complete the work," said John Laughlin, the spokesperson for Painters and Allied Trades District Council Five, the workers' chosen bargaining agent. "The workers have the opportunity now to work union...
...Harvard employs this contractor," Laughlin said. "They as a University can set standards for the contractors they employ...
...Laughlin--who characterized Harvard's response to the picketing campaign thus far as "deafening silence"--said the situation raises civil rights concerns as well...
...said all of the workers employed by Everett Decorators are ethnic minorities, as is the owner of the firm. And while Laughlin said the firm's owner benefited from preferences given to minorities in the contract bidding process, he said the benefits are not being passed on to minority workers...
...they're asking is that they get paid the same amount for people of color as white workers working for Harvard," Laughlin said...