Word: pslmã
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...that the administration did not respond to any of these past efforts is truly lamentable. We do not believe that Harvard has a good case against a living wage. Nevertheless, the fact that the University has for the moment decided against a living wage and become less open to PSLM??s concerns does not justify coercive protest against it. These previous moves sparked debate about the living wage in a way the sit-in has not; now, the debate focuses only on PSLM??s error of judgment. With the sit-in, PSLM has hardened the administration?...
...cause; if the consequences of missed classes are more important than raising workers’ wages, then a sit-in was a bad idea from the start. The circus-like atmosphere of the protest, complete with drums and fire-eaters, has given students even less reason to respect the PSLM??s methods...
When the students of the 1960s staged sit-ins to protest the Vietnam War, they employed one of the strongest weapons that powerless groups have against authority, to monumentally important effect. The Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) has misappropriated their legacy. PSLM??s campaign against the harsh realities of the capitalist economy is certainly noble. But the living wage issue lacks both the gravity and urgency necessary to justify the sit-in that is now taking place. PSLM has done a disservice to its cause and to today’s generation of students by using our weapon...
Harvard administrators have shown respect for PSLM??s concerns about workers’ rights. As PSLM members Benjamin L. McKean ’02 and Amy Offner ’01 wrote on this page on Monday, the group has met with administrators “countless times” over a period of years. President Neil L. Rudenstine’s father and mother, both blue-collar workers, never earned a living wage in their entire careers, and he repeatedly emphasizes how deeply he understands the movement’s concerns. In response to PSLM?...
...created a great divide between itself and the administration by its rash and excessive actions. When the sit-in is over, administrators’ disagreement with the living wage campaign’s mission will be mild in comparison to their anger at the occupation of Massachusetts Hall. PSLM??s unlawful behavior has needlessly hindered the administration’s ability to do its work—the vast majority of which, even PSLM would agree, betters the University. It has also proved disruptive to Yard residents and put confidential documents at risk, though PSLM members have been...