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...response to the requests contained in the petition entitled “Stand for Security”, we are very pleased to reaffirm our ongoing commitment to the principles and implementing recommendations set forth in the Harvard Committee on Employment and Contracting Policies’ (the Committee) final report issued on December 19, 2001. In so doing, the University endorses the carefully considered findings of a committee of eleven faculty members, four students, three union representatives, and two administrators charged with reviewing concerns similar to those raised in your petition. As in 2001, we believe the Committee?...
...With regard to the duty owed to all campus workers we reaffirm that: Although the University does not have equivalent direct obligations to the employees of contractors as it does to its own employees, the University's employment and contracting practices should reflect a humane concern for the well-being of all individuals who work at Harvard, regardless of whether they are directly-employed for Harvard or work on campus for a contractor...
...With regard to outsourcing we reaffirm that: Harvard should not use outsourcing to undermine its obligations to be a good employer and to bargain in good faith with its unionized employees. Outsourcing should not be used to lower wages and weaken the unions representing Harvard's employees. Similarly, the University should not inappropriately use casual employees in a manner inconsistent with its stated policies and to get around its collective bargaining obligations...
...need to faith and charity one and the same. "For the Church, charity is not a kind of welfare activity which could equally well be left to others, but is a part of her nature, an indispensable expression of her very being," he writes. "It is time to reaffirm the importance of prayer in the face of the activism and the growing secularism of many Christians engaged in charitable work...
...rather than clarifies them, and sets a bad precedent for future student advocacy efforts at Harvard.The clock is ticking on both the union negotiations and the school year. We hope that Harvard will issue a clear public statement about its commitment to fairness for the AlliedBarton workers, which would reaffirm the importance of worker welfore on campus, and end Stand For Security’s rash hunger strike...