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...culminating event of the Student Labor Action Movement’s (SLAM) “A Week for Workers” drew more than 75 students, employees, and community members to a teach-in on workers’ unionization rights last night...
Harvard and Georgetown students convened last night to discuss future union empowerment and the achievement of a living wage on campus at a meeting organized by the Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM). The meeting is one of four SLAM events this week, including a Thursday roundtable on workers’ rights. After a three year campaign and nine-day hunger strike, Georgetown students won a living wage for workers last spring—successfully demanding full-time contract workers be paid a minimum of $13 an hour by fiscal year 2006. Diane Foglizzo, a recent Georgetown graduate and participant...
...advocates succeed in parlaying janitors’ inclusion in our community into a pay rate far above what is fair, they will set a dangerous precedent for other Harvard employees and likely lower Harvard hiring in the future. Last Monday, members of the Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM) rallied to demand a $20 per hour living wage for Harvard’s janitors. The janitors, who are in the midst of renegotiating their contract with Harvard, are currently paid $13.50 per hour. This salary represents an over $2 per hour increase (adjusted for inflation) from the living wage terms Harvard...
...living wage—have formed a new group aimed at reinvigorating the labor movement on campus and are demanding a $20-per-hour living wage for all University janitors.In the midst of a contract renegotiation for Harvard’s janitors, the new Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM) succeeds the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM)—which successfully led the campaign that brought Harvard workers a guaranteed $10.25 hourly living wage and a number of other improvements in compensation. SLAM has an active membership of about 50 students, according to group organizer Michael A. Gould-Wartofsky...
Even the mildest virus would slam the economy harder now than at any time in the past. That's because businesses--and hospitals--have improved efficiency to minimize slack. When absenteeism prevents one plant from shipping a part, or when a surge of patients overwhelms a hospital already understaffed because of sickness, massive disruptions result...