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...hunger strike—which, according to participants, is distinct from a “death strike” in that none of them are prepared to die for their cause—is a response to some questionable labor practices by Harvard University that may have violated the Wage and Benefits Parity Policy (WBPP) that the University agreed to in 2001. The WBPP requires Harvard to employ workers through private contractors at comparable wages and benefits to those given to, “Harvard employees in the corresponding service sector.” Most of Harvard?...
...guards receive $12.68 per hour as their starting wage, according to figures released by the Stand for Security Coalition, a group advocating for the guards. The Service Employees International Union 615, the union that represents the gaurds, is asking for a minimum starting wage of $15 per hour, according to those same figures...
According to Harvard's Wage and Benefits Parity Policy—introduced after student protests in 2001—outside contractors like AlliedBarton must pay their employees wages similar to those received by in-house unionized employees who perform the same work...
...University "recognizes the importance of assuring ourselves and the members of the Harvard community that the commitments made in the Wage and Benefit Parity Policy are being fully met. We have therefore asked for an updated audit, which we expect to be completed in the coming weeks," wrote Hausammann, who declined to comment further...
...guards receive $12.68 per hour as their starting wage, according to figures released by the Stand for Security Coalition, a group advocating for the guards. The Service Employees International Union 615, the union that represents the guards, is asking for a minimum starting wage of $15 per hour, according to those same figures...