Word: pslmã
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...very chaotic. They didn’t seem to be able to reflect on their organization at all and the constant infighting meant the protesters couldn’t form clearly defined goals for their action.” In contrast, Elfenbein summarizes the core premise of the PSLM??s campaign as “focus on the issues. We didn’t talk about ourselves as sacrificing anything, nor did we talk about the need for social revolution. We wanted to communicate that the sole reason we were there was because of workers’ rights...
Elfenbein’s comments are typical of many PSLM members, for whom the maintenance of good public relations is of paramount importance. In the days before the sit-in, PSLM??s press corp spent over sixteen hours each day phoning media outlets—from regional cable operators to international wire news syndicates. Aaron Bartley claims that the PSLM “created relationships with reporters from all over the country, just like in a political campaign...
...believe the sit-in was justifed; another half disagree or don’t know. This shows little change from a poll taken in The Crimson just days after the PSLM occupied the administrative building—when a full half of the student body did not feel the PSLM??s actions were justified, a third believed they were and the rest were not sure...
While preteens ponder political activism and simultaneously drool over Blink 182, Madeleine will be busy preparing for PSLM??s next rally (scheduled for Nov. 30) with the Dining Hall Workers’ Union. “This is an ongoing struggle. The sit-in was not the last word on the issue of worker rights on campus and more than ever we need students to come forth in support of the workers,” Madeleine says, emphatically...
McKean said he asked whether the Corporation members—who have been the targets of intense lobbying by PSLM members—had any questions about PSLM. Daniel and Winokur declined to discuss labor policy with PSLM members, saying they were already familiar with the PSLM??s issues and that their role at the installation would prevent them from being able to carry on a discussion...