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...benefits package, and how Harvard is doing in meeting related labor goals. According to Peter S. Rider, who is leading contract negotiations on behalf of the janitors, the two parties continue to disagree about what constitutes a fair wage for Boston-area workers.The Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM), a student activist organization that says it represents the demands of the workers, has pushed for a $20-per-hour wage plus benefits for all of Harvard’s custodial employees.Union representatives criticized Harvard’s notion of fairness.“I’ve been frustrated because...
This Halloween, janitors, their children, and members of Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM) appeared on University President Lawrence H. Summers’ doorstep asking for more than just candy. In addition to requests for an increase in wages to $20 an hour, the protestors asked for paternity/maternity leave of three to five days, for a sick leave of three to five days, that childcare benefits be extended to part-time employees, and that the University continue to work towards increasing the level of full-time custodial staff to 60 percent. While we are opposed to the $20 per hour increase...
...might call this discretion ladylike. But there's nothing demure about how Parker plays the game. She vaulted onto the sports scene in 2004, when she became the first girl to win the McDonald's High School All-American slam-dunk competition, beating two future NBA first-round draft picks in the process. Only three college women and one WNBA player have ever dunked during a game; Parker first slammed as a high school sophomore. Although her dunks fetch the most attention, her game is complete: she dribbles like a point guard and throws no-look passes from the post...
...Harvard gives its workers,” said Daniel Mejia, a janitor in William James Hall. “In spite of being the biggest and most recognized university, there are other universities that have much better salaries than Harvard.” Members of Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM) similarly called upon the university to meet higher standards as an employer. “As Harvard’s top employer in Cambridge, Harvard has a huge influence not only in Cambridge but also in the greater Boston area,” said Alyssa M. Aguilera...
...idea for the trick-or-treating event crystallized at a SLAM meeting with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) during SLAM’s Workers’ Week in early October...