Word: pslmã
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...organize the rally, said it was held at the behest of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 254, which represents Harvard’s unionized janitors. SEIU will be negotiating a new contract with the University early next year—earlier than planned as a direct result of PSLM??s sit-in last spring...
...same goes for PSLM??s call for a formal commitment to creating full-time rather than part-time jobs. According to Benjamin L. McKean ’02, a Crimson editor and prominent member of PSLM, some Harvard workers hold multiple part-time jobs on campus. These and other part-time positions could be combined into full-time jobs that carry increased benefits and a stronger role in collective bargaining. Yet even if Harvard agreed to such a commitment this afternoon, the changeover would take years, with full-time positions created through normal attrition as other part-time...
...some degree, this has helped PSLM??s image. During the sit-in, feelings that the occupiers were working off a high of “sticking it to the man” and rumors of booty calls had some students wondering if it wasn’t just a big slumber party with Rudenstine as the unwilling host. But today, a majority of students describe PSLM students as “passionate” and “committed.” Sandhya Ramadas ’04 said that she sees the PSLM...
Still, there were a few who saw the PSLM as both unjustified and unhelpful in bringing light to the issue. James R. Salzmann ’02 says that he feels “more negative to the PSLM?? after the sit-in and that the group “should have continued to speak with the administration instead of breaking the law.” Another student was more caustic, commenting that while the PSLM may “have their hearts in the right place,” it’s “easy...
...perhaps most importantly, the sit-in didn’t convince a majority of students. For most, it “clarified” or “solidified” ideas they already had by bringing the issue out into the open. And here may be one of PSLM??s main failures. While they reached the heights of publicity, grabbed the support of top political figures like AFL-CIO President John Sweeney and Massachusetts senators Kerry and Kennedy, and secured an alliance with unions, student opinion is still divided. Only one student FM spoke to said...