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Protestors said that they chose to hold the rally yesterday to attract the attention of the families of graduating seniors and alumni attending reunions in Cambridge...
...It’s the day before Commencement, and we want the families of graduating students and the alumni that are here to know that their education at Harvard is in a state of dire emergency,” said HUCTW member and accounting assistant Phebe Eckfeldt, referring to the University’s budget cuts and subsequent layoffs in the wake of the financial crisis. “We as Harvard workers cannot provide adequate and quality services if we are facing speed-ups because of layoffs, if we have to do the jobs of three people instead...
...protest also came in the middle of HUCTW’s eighth round of contract negotiations with the University, which both University and Union leaders have said are particularly difficult this year due to the financial climate...
Still, HUCTW members said they are hoping for a raise in their wages...
...University is going to try to nickle and dime us,” said Jeffrey Booth, a Harvard College Library assistant who has worked at the University for 23 years. “But we need a raise to keep up with the high cost of living in the area...