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...Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) launched a new campaign this month, asking Harvard to reaffirm its commitment to fair trade in the wake of alleged labor misconduct at a factory that produces licensed Harvard-insignia apparel...
...rally, which was sponsored by the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) and SEIU Local 254, was one of the largest recent PSLM actions. The Radcliffe Union of Students was also involved in planning the event, according to RUS Co-President Jessica M. Rosenberg...
Although Barrios is a Harvard alum, for the past decade he has often and publicly taken stances against the University’s administration—both at community meetings on neighborhood development issues and in front of Mass. Hall during the PSLM...
According to Merry Touborg, director of communications for the Office of Human Resources, the University has prioritized communication between itself and its lower-level employees since the PSLM sit-in. Each union now has a benefits brochure explicitly stating what their contracts offer, and the University proactively informs workers about classes they can take, reduced cost subway passes and retirement options. All relevant University documents are now being translated into Spanish, Portuguese, French and Mandarin Chinese. “We’re trying to make sure the employees are better able to know what resources Harvard...
Before the sit-in, a Harvard committee recommended that the workers receive more educational opportunities in lieu of a salary increase. Neither PSLM nor unions found this sufficient. “Workers should have both good wages and access to education,” says PSLM’s Daniel Dimaggio ’04. “Yes, there has been progress, but it is still difficult to work at Harvard in order to pay for all the things you need to live in Boston...