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That assumption was a mistake, and my dismissal of the student hunger strike as a form of protest was far more misguided than the movement I had jumped to criticize. Most members of the Harvard community can acknowledge that the poverty wages being offered to Harvard’s security officers are pitiful and unacceptable from an institution as progressive and influential as ours. But few have acknowledged the true gravity of the situation—most notably, the extremely protracted and delayed response on the part of the University...
...hunger strike might seem like an extraordinary measure for what, at first glance, appears to be an unfortunate but omnipresent issue of underpaid workers. However, the degree of underpayment of Harvard’s security officers—compounded with the consistent resistance Harvard has shown to alleviating the problem—renders the hunger strike a legitimate and commendable form of protest...
Opponents to the hunger strike claim that the situation is not dire enough to warrant such a measure. There are, of course, human rights violations across the globe of far greater gravity than the situation of security officers at Harvard...
...humans deserve to be treated with dignity and to be fairly compensated for their labor, regardless of its nature. A hunger strike demonstrates the appropriate degree of urgency in the situation...
Around 20 people—including students and other members of the Harvard community—protested yesterday afternoon in front of Mass. Hall, marking the kickoff of a widely publicized hunger strike aimed at convincing the University to support better working conditions for security guards. Eleven members of the Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM) said they would fast in order to garner support for recently unionized security guards employed by subcontractor AlliedBarton, who are currently undergoing contract negotiations with the company. SLAM member and strike participant Alyssa M. Aguilera ’08-’09 said...