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PSLM member Amy C. Offner '01 said the wage increase was an improvement, but did not go far enough...
...Offner '01, another member of the Living Wage Campaign, explained that the Cambridge initiative was calculated for full-time workers receiving some benefits--and that a $10 wage is a necessity over and above any benefits...
...Living Wage Campaign does not view UNICCO's employment practices as satisfactory," Bartley said. "We're demanding a $10 minimum in addition to a set of minimal health benefits." Though important for the worker's overall well-being, benefits cannot be compared to wages, Offner said. She stressed that a large number of workers only receive wages and those who receive benefits shouldn't be penalized since, as she put it, "no matter how many dental appointments Harvard gives its workers, you can't pay rent in dental appointments...
...written statement in the program, Offner noted the irony in awarding a peace award to "a group that rallies...loudly against low-wage labor...
Benjamin L. McKean '02 and Amy C. Offner '01, both PSLM organizers, received the award on behalf of the group...