Word: waging
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...world today, El-Erian ensures that the HMC will lead the propagation of ethical standards in the wider business community, not merely waiting for them to fall into place. Another way El-Erian fits seamlessly into the University is the way the latter has not had to break its wage budget to attract to attract such competence. The wages and compensation packages of HMC managers constantly serve as a lightning rod for criticism, with the most recent coming from some members of the Class of 1969, who claim they are receiving too much. Yet they earn far less than market...
...that could change on Nov. 15, as their campaign for an effective living wage, fair benefits, and full-time jobs culminates in the renegotiation of Harvard’s contract with its 750 janitors. But if they are to win dignity and respect on the job, workers need students to stand behind them. Here’s why that is exactly where we ought to be standing...
...Living Wage Campaign was able to turn that around with its historic sit-in at Mass Hall. Students and workers together taught the university to trade in some of its corporate avarice for the well-being of its community’s lowest paid members...
Still, Harvard never adopted a living wage standard, though student support helped janitors and dining hall workers get a serious raise that year and the committee appointed to study the question recommended “compensation levels that significantly contribute to ensuring that Harvard’s workers and their families enjoy at least a minimally decent standard of living...
...reasonable studies of life in the Boston area now call for a living wage of $20 or more plus benefits. The Massachusetts Family Self-Sufficiency Standard is $20.85 for a parent with one child. The National Low-Income Housing Commission estimates $24.35 as the bare minimum. And the Economic Policy Institute says $28.03 is needed for a parent with two kids...