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...latest in a series of anti-layoff rallies organized by the Harvard Student Labor Action Movement, yesterday’s Festival for Worker Justice attracted a diverse crowd of protesters. SLAM members convened on the Science Center lawn just after 4:00 P.M. Hoisting signs and megaphones, they marched through the Yard to the Holyoke Center, where they joined forces with Harvard workers, Harvard Law School students, and other undergraduates...
After chants of “They say layoff, we say back off!” and “Si se puede!” subsided, union organizers stepped into the middle of the ring to speak out against layoffs...
...before the Council proposed an economic stimulus package in which the City of Cambridge would exempt Harvard from its payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT). The resolution’s sponsor, Counsellor Marjorie C. Decker, said that the resolution is a symbolic method to highlight the absurdity of the layoffs. At the last Council meeting, Decker said she thought this type of gesture would shame Harvard into halting layoffs of low-wage workers. Alyssa M. Aguilera ’08-09, a member of the Student Labor Action Movement, spoke during the public comment portion of the meeting...
...firmly dismissed the notion that the administration has pinpointed specific individuals for layoffs—but he conceded that job cuts are “certainly on the table.”Despite administrative silence, staff circles have been simmering with anxious talk about the possibility of future layoffs, which many of them view as inevitable.In February meetings with department administrators, FAS finance officials said the University would review budgets after the 45-day window and then consider the need for layoffs with the Office of the General Counsel and human resources officials.According to a guidebook for FAS departments that...
...speech made to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce on March 10, Obama declared that “America’s future depends on its teachers.” Reforming teacher layoff procedures will help ensure that, even in a down economy in which hard choices must be made, good teachers stay in the classroom, where they can continue with the invaluable task of educating our youngest citizens...