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Harvard’s janitors are a part of the Harvard community. But if “living wage?? advocates succeed in parlaying janitors’ inclusion in our community into a pay rate far above what is fair, they will set a dangerous precedent for other Harvard employees and likely lower Harvard hiring in the future. Last Monday, members of the Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM) rallied to demand a $20 per hour living wage for Harvard’s janitors. The janitors, who are in the midst of renegotiating their contract with Harvard, are currently paid...
...remaining members of the group that spearheaded the 2001 sit-in—which prompted Harvard to institute a living wage??have formed a new group aimed at reinvigorating the labor movement on campus and are demanding a $20-per-hour living wage for all University janitors.In the midst of a contract renegotiation for Harvard’s janitors, the new Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM) succeeds the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM)—which successfully led the campaign that brought Harvard workers a guaranteed $10.25 hourly living wage and a number of other improvements...
Their short FAQ on the “Living Wage?? says that the “vast majority of Sodexho workers earn an hourly wage that is significantly higher than minimum wage,” and that “most are eligible for such benefits as health care, dental, 401K and paid sick leave, holidays and vacation days...
...Billionaires for Bush” mocked Bush’s policies by donning tuxedos, drinking champagne, and smoking cigars as they shouted statements such as “Lower the minimum wage?? and “Profits before patients...
...Harvard’s resources right now would be to follow the advice of the PSLM website and, in a state where the minimum wage is $6.75 per hours, increase the starting salary of all dining hall workers from $10.85 to the Cambridge “living wage?? figure of $11.11. Nor is pledging to protect the job of every single HCL employee. Still, many would argue—not without passion or clarity—that improving labor conditions would be a better way to spend Harvard’s funds than, say, renovating Quincy dining hall...