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PSLM made national headlines in 2001 when it spearheaded a three-week sit-in of Mass. Hall that prompted a review of the University’s labor policies. But since PSLM??s Living Wage Campaign—a three-year movement begun in 1998 which culminated with 50 PSLM members occupying Mass. Hall—came to an informal end, the organization has nearly vanished from the labor frontlines...
Fenstermacher, who left the No Layoffs Campaign after losing the HUCTW executive board elections in December, says the group fell short because members refused to launch a truly comprehensive initiative like PSLM??s Living Wage Campaign, which worked for years prior to the Mass. Hall sit-in to garner support from students, faculty and city leadership...
...Socialist Alternative was talking to PSLM about what kind of role they would take, and PSLM just has a different style,” says Fenstermacher, who says he preferred PSLM??s slow burning methods of education and gradual building over the No Layoff Campaign’s action-oriented disposition...
DiMaggio, who participated in PSLM??s Mass. Hall sit-in in April 2001, said that this “shows the value of organizing protests and rallies against Harvard in support of campus workers and unions...
Before his speech, DiMaggio, who was involved in the 2001 sit-in at Mass. Hall, said that PSLM??s past victories are being undermined by the University’s current practices...