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...ideas such as a shuttle service to New York, cable television, reduced phone rates, and more big-name band concerts. Even Lauren E. Bonner ’04, a presidential candidate known for her activist past, seemed to avoid controversial political issues such as the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) and its push for a “living wage” for all Harvard employees...
...despite the noisy occupation of Mass. Hall last year by PSLM, the activist wing of the council became increasingly marginalized as Gusmorino and his small cadre of powerful executive board leaders secured an unprecedented number of student service victories...
...Weatherhead Professor of Business Administration D. Quinn Mills and made up of faculty and administrators, the committee refused to address the question of pay hikes, instead suggesting increased health benefits and worker training in place of a wage floor such as the one proposed by PSLM...
...PSLM repeatedly termed the Mills report inadequate for workers’ needs, and accused the Harvard administration of dragging its feet in making benefits accessible to workers...
Last spring’s sit-in came in response to what PSLM called the unresponsiveness of the Harvard administration. After the three-week-long occupation ended, PSLM members said they had high hopes for the new committee structure put in place and claimed victory for the issue...