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Five years after students occupied Mass. Hall to advocate for a “living wage” for workers, and just months after the Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM) mobilized on behalf of dining hall workers, activists are turning their attention towards the security guards, who are among the only workers on campus without a union...
...most interesting part of the book came at the epilogue, when Rich attempts to reason why the administration was so adamant in going to war. The reasons, Rich concludes, were for “Rove and Bush to get what they wanted most, slam-dunk midterm election victories, and for Libby and Cheney to get what they most, a war in Iraq for ideological reasons predating 9/11.” To think that almost 3,000 American soldiers (and even a larger number of Iraqi civilians) are dead just for those reasons is chilling...
...years ago, under the pretext of a budget crunch, library and technical workers were laid off. Of those who remain, several have told the Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM) that they’ve been threatened with termination for speaking out. Janitors and dining hall workers, although they’ve won higher wages and benefits in the wake of student-worker campaigns, report continuing incidents of harassment and discrimination on a regular basis...
...conversations with SLAM activists, former University President Lawrence H. Summers and General Counsel Robert W. Iuliano ’83 refused to commit to this kind of framework, arguing that the resulting loss of flexibility would negatively impact the University’s financial interests. Students need to take a stand and refuse to accept this attitude on our campus...
...Crimson’s director of public service, is a history and literature concentrator in Lowell House. Jose G. Olivarez ’10 lives in Mower Hall. Jessica G. Ranucci ’10 lives in Holworthy Hall. They are members of Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM...