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...said that Stand for Security??the coalition of student groups which advocated for higher wages for the guards—would likely continue to support the guards on any small disputes that may arise in the next year, though the group is happy with the new contract. Jacobs and Silvey said that all issues of concern were addressed by the agreement...
...want to let them know that we are actually there and are a viable resource,” he said, adding that the council will make a large showing at each schools’ orientation activities in the fall. Though the Undergraduate Council endorsed the Stand for Security??s campaign to raise the wages of Harvard’s unionized security guards this spring, Laconi said that he does not expect the Graduate Council to play an active role in campus activism. “We don’t take part in taking stances on partisan political...
...security guards, secured a meeting with administrators and a reaffirmation of Harvard’s commitment to worker welfare. The hunger strikers’ goals were laudable—it is vital that Harvard treat its workers, including subcontracted workers, with respect and generosity. We wholeheartedly support Stand for Security??s demands, such as the institution of fair grievance procedures, hiring full-time, instead of part-time, workers when possible, and a higher wage...
Nevertheless, Stand for Security??s decision to protest the University’s inaction through a hunger strike was a foolish and wildly disproportionate response considering the urgency and magnitude of the problem. Harvard is already a relatively generous employer, with its unambiguously worded Wage Parity Policy ensuring that subcontracted workers are compensated at the same rate as directly employed ones, and that wage levels are above the minimum established as a living wage by the City of Cambridge. Though the implementation of this policy has been called into question, progress on the issue should be achieved through...
...security guards, who are currently in union negotiations with their employer, AlliedBarton. Then last week, seven UC members, acting under a request by UC President Ryan A. Peterson ’08, fasted for a day to show the UC’s supposed support of Stand for Security??s hunger strike.The UC overstepped its bounds in passing the Stand for Security Act and its president overstepped in presuming to organize a UC-sponsored fast in support of the issue. The latter action was particularly egregious in that it presumed, without benefit of a vote, that...