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Echoing the principal philosophy behind the Living Wage Campaign, an initiative of the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) which culminated with a 2001 Mass. Hall sit-in, Jaeger emphasized the importance of the University’s labor force in ensuring Harvard’s continuing success in academics and research...
Putting a stop to outsourcing was one of the main demands of the Living Wage Campaign. Although University President Lawrence H. Summers made no unilateral promises in its aftermath, the popularly termed Katz Committee, formed in response to the sit-in, used remarkably strong language against the practice in its report to the president...
Nearly 50 members of the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) begin a sit-in at Massachusetts Hall to protest Harvard’s lack of a living wage. They want the university to adopt a wage floor of $10.25 an hour. The sit-in garners the attention of the national media and attracts support from prominent labor leaders. Daily protests were held outside Mass. Hall including the largest Yard rally in six years...
After 21 days, the sit-in ends with Harvard agreeing to form a new committee to study labor issues at Harvard. This committee will include two undergraduates selected by the Undergraduate Council...
...substantial pay hikes for Harvard employees, specifically suggested the University boost wages for the school’s 1,000 lowest-paid service employees to at least $10.83 to $11.30 per hour. These figures exceed the $10.25 rallying cry of last spring’s Progressive Student Labor Movement sit-in and the then-$10.68 living wage established by the city of Cambridge...