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...latest in a series of anti-layoff rallies organized by the Harvard Student Labor Action Movement, yesterday’s Festival for Worker Justice attracted a diverse crowd of protesters. SLAM members convened on the Science Center lawn just after 4:00 P.M. Hoisting signs and megaphones, they marched through the Yard to the Holyoke Center, where they joined forces with Harvard workers, Harvard Law School students, and other undergraduates...
Remeike J.B. Forbes ’11, a current SLAM member, said that students may not understand the full implications of labor cuts...
...Festival for Worker Justice is part of SLAM’s recent “Greed is the New Crimson” campaign. Last week, SLAM members approached University President Drew G. Faust with a letter outlining their concerns and requesting a meeting with the Harvard Corporation, the University’s highest governing body...
...SLAM members also advertised their cause in Annenberg earlier this week with banners and pamphlets. One banner, reading “Greed is the New Crimson. No Layoffs!” made another appearance at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences town hall budgeting meeting on Tuesday...
...think the bottom line is that they're protests of an issue organized by people who are unhappy with the way President Obama has chosen to make policy. As a demonstration of the organizers' intended purpose, I would rank their effectiveness as much better than the SLAM hunger strikes of a few semesters...