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...seemed like prime time when negotiations with Harvard University threatened to collapse over pay and health benefits earlier this week. The Service Employees International Union Local 254 (SEIU) and Harvard had, during the six-week long negotiations, already settled some of the issues, such as overtime pay, vacation and sick leave, but stalled over the essentials: starting wages and health insurance...
...thought I’d be sick of talking about it by now, but as I stared at the blank page for five minutes, I realized that I could talk about nothing else...
When I read Weisbard declare that the janitors were “willing to make this sacrifice” of possibly being arrested because their unionized selves are not being paid as much as they think they deserve, I felt sick to my stomach. That was the first time that I was embarrassed to consider myself a liberal...
Last Thursday, I watched an Israeli soldier harass a Palestinian woman as she struggled desperately to cross a “checkpoint” to bring her sick baby to the hospital. The woman wept and pleaded, but the stolid soldier would not acquiesce. Oddly enough, I did not witness this encounter in the West Bank or Gaza. I watched this disturbing scene unfold in Harvard Square...
...Jones, who directs the University’s Office of Labor and Employee Relations, said that agreements have been reached on issues including sick leave, vacation time and overtime—in all, 13 of the initial 19 proposals. Four other proposals were withdrawn...