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...wake of this settlement, the future of the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) seems up in the air. With workers having won wage increases higher than the living wage standard called for during the sit-in, some question why the group even continues to exist...
Otherwise, their “piggy bank theory” of the Harvard endowment is still wrong. Money that goes to the janitors cannot go to other University operations, including those more vital to its academic mission. Wage increases mean either fewer resources devoted to other programs or a need for increased revenue, higher fees or tuition. Collective bargaining is the appropriate mechanism for arriving at a contract, not limits pre-determined by excited students. Apparently, collective bargaining worked this time since the university expressed satisfaction and the janitors’ union ratified it by a 270-8 vote...
Last spring PSLM exposed some shameful University bargaining practices. The campus community owes them thanks for that. The problems were fixed. Last spring it was possible to admire PSLM for their dedication to what they saw as a moral cause: the single policy option of the Cambridge living wage. Now Elfenbein says, “I think it was a mistake for students to fight for the Cambridge living wage as a moral standard for Harvard.” Can PSLM ever be taken seriously again...
...months catalyzed an outpouring of support from students and the community. More janitors were mobilized to fight for better jobs than at any other time in Harvard history. The new contract is a victory for Service Employees International Union Local 254, Harvard janitors, and the enormous group of living wage supporters and activists...
...must make sure that Harvard is not able to sweep these negotiations under the rug and deny these workers the money they deserve. Again, as the living wage campaign has progressed, it has become increasingly apparent through conversations with workers that the Cambridge wage figure is inadequate. And even if we were to consider this figure as a minimum, that does not mean that workers should accept it, since it was meant to serve only as a base from which to move...