Word: sit-in
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...letter expressed concern that choosing not to implement a mandatory wage floor could result in action similar to last spring’s Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) Mass. Hall sit...
Last spring’s sit-in resulted in the formation of the committee, charged with evaluating employment conditions at Harvard...
...this area—then I believe the vast majority would say, “of course.” Lamentably, PSLM’s tactics have seemed to come under closer scrutiny than the cause they serve, and discussion on the propriety of last spring’s sit-in has taken much-needed attention away from the far more pertinent dialogue on the appropriateness of Harvard’s employment practices...
...sit-in, say what you will about it, compelled the University to reconsider an issue that deserved reconsideration. Too often, I think, the University relies on the passage of time and the inevitable turnover of students to avoid addressing potentially embarrassing issues, and that seemed to be the tack taken by the administration all last year, when it ignored the efforts of students, faculty and workers to engage in dialogue about its employment practices. In the same vein, what best characterized last spring’s ordeal for me was not the protest activity but the University?...
...continue to admire the depth of feeling of those who took part in the sit-in and other students who care enough about improving this wonderful institution by holding it to the highest standards and who fervently believe in the potential of this community as a whole...