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...Brian S. Rider, the chief negotiator on behalf of the janitors, had left the negotiations on Monday demanding that the starting wage increase to $19.50 per hour over the next five years. Harvard had countered with a six-year agreement that would have gradually increased janitors’ starting hourly wage...
...Rider was not available for comment last night...
...against a backdrop of disagreements between the University and the union on where Harvard’s wages stand with respect to its peer institutions, how to count the value of its benefits package, and how Harvard is doing in meeting related labor goals. According to Peter S. Rider, who is leading contract negotiations on behalf of the janitors, the two parties continue to disagree about what constitutes a fair wage for Boston-area workers.The Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM), a student activist organization that says it represents the demands of the workers, has pushed for a $20-per-hour...
...Matt Grossman and Ryan Lightbody Availability: In late 2006; $100 To Learn More: designapkin.com Learning to ride a bike can be fraught with anxiety, but it doesn't have to be. Industrial designers from Purdue University have invented the Shift tricycle, whose rear wheels move closer together as the rider picks up speed, then separate for easier balance at slower speeds or at a standstill. A spring-loaded mechanism in the rear hub controls the rear wheels, and there are no spokes or exposed bike chain. The 25-lb. aluminum trike won an international bike-design competition in Taiwan this...
...entrance of Sanders Theatre, Peter Rider—treasurer and director of higher education for SEIU Local 615—shouted to the crowd. “This fight is not won at the negotiating table, but by what we are doing out here right now,” Rider said. Protesters stood outside of the doors of Sanders Theatre for approximately 30 minutes unsuccessfully waiting for Summers to exit. According to Gould-Wartofsky, SLAM’s petition—which he said has more than 700 signatures, mostly from undergraduates—was presented to Summers and taken...