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Many states, including Massachusetts, are well ahead of the federal minimum wage, though we could still do better. In addition, many citizens are looking to the states to protect the environment, civil rights, and reproductive freedom, and to stimulate job growth. The list goes...
...endeavor. You have just spent years as part of the Harvard community and, in many cases, also the broader community. During your time at Harvard, you have demonstrated your stake in the world around you: in the campaign to pay the University’s janitorial staff a living wage, through your participation in Phillips Brooks House projects, through activism at the Institute of Politics, and as a volunteer at the Lutheran Church homeless shelter, CityStep, or other Cambridge school programs...
Democrats lately recognize the perils of entropy and have started taking steps to fix it. Democratic leaders told TIME that in coming weeks, the party will coalesce around several working-class issues, including raising the minimum wage and increasing student loans, which the leaders believe will appeal to voters concerned about values. Emanuel's candidates will sign on to a "Six in '06" list of issues with a populist theme. Dean, who says the party should appeal to Evangelicals, will echo those working-class appeals this fall with a push on values. And Pelosi has promised that bills along those...
...issue of staffing presented one of the main obstacles as the College prepared to extend Lamont’s hours. At the time, federal wage and hour laws prevented women from working late nights, and only three of Lamont’s 22 staff members were men. While the Freshman Union Committee offered to staff the library with volunteer freshmen after 10 p.m., Buck chose to simply use a reduced staff during the extended hours, saying at the time, “it isn’t fair to depend on anyone whom you don’t compensate...
While it might be more cost-effective for the College to cut corners by hiring Unicco’s temp workers over the summer and not granting its own employees better wages and conditions, Harvard’s obligations extend beyond purely economic ones. By addressing the issue of summer employment for dining hall workers as well as a living wage and more manageable kitchen conditions, the administration would merely be taking a necessary step in the direction of a welcoming and inclusive community...