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...More and more economists are starting to research the strengths and weaknesses of the type of wage floor that PSLM advocates. And on the advocacy side, the unions involved in contract negotiations with Harvard and the student activists who occupied Mass. Hall have realized that each of their positions against Harvard is strengthened by the presence of the other...
...Though the living wage figure itself is subjectively, and somewhat arbitrarily, calculated, PSLM? dogged push this spring for a Harvard wage floor of $10.25 an hour forces the suits, the union t-shirts and the khaki-clad undergraduates to hammer out a compromise from the economic implications of a wage floor and the ideological arguments surrounding the concept of a living wage...
...There is no universal definition of the living wage. PSLM gets their estimate from the city of Cambridge, but municipalities, private employers and organizations can all weigh factors differently to come up with a different ?iving wage...
...Throughout the course of the sit-in, Cambridge Mayor Anthony D. Galluccio regularly made appearances at PSLM? rallies, speaking vehemently against the Harvard Corporation and urging the University? governing bodies to follow the city? lead...
...PSLM activists often draw parallels between Cambridge? implementation of a mandatory wage floor and the success such a policy might have at Harvard...