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Union organizers and members of the Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM) joined the janitors and their families for the surprise trick-or-treating event at Summers’ home...
...Though SLAM organizers told The Crimson that they hoped the Halloween protest would be a secret, an article in yesterday’s Boston Herald reported that the group would be springing a “surprise Halloween demonstration” on administrators...
...SLAM organizer James M. Leaf ’09 said that involving the janitors’ children in the workers’ fight for higher pay was a way to reinforce the family-wide impact of Harvard’s wages...
...Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM) rally drew hundreds to Holyoke Center on Friday to support a $20 living wage for Harvard’s janitors. With the janitors’ union contract expiring on Nov. 15, SLAM members said they hoped to drum up support for the janitors going into negotiations for a new contract. Several janitors were in attendance along with representatives from their union—Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 615—and members from various progressive groups. The protest also included local community leaders. Speaking from a bullhorn, Cambridge City Councillor Brian P. Murphy...
...won’t make the argument here for any particular wage level. My beef is with the tenor of the discussion. Both sides have been too eager to attack the other side. This discussion isn’t about whether the Student Action Labor Movement (SLAM) is too radical or The Crimson is too conservative. It’s about the workers. It would be criminal to oppose a reasonable wage increase for Harvard’s workers because you don’t like the tactics or the personalities of SLAM activists...