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...PBHA members grappled with the administration over the organization’s structure and its relationship with the College. The contention continued when Kidd was accused of attempting to fire the long-time PBHA bookkeeper and comptroller—an officer of the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers??which pegged Kidd as part of the anti-union administration. In 2005, Kidd’s relationship with student groups was again thrust into the spotlight after she threatened to shut down a planned student protest of the presence of CIA and Department of Homeland Security recruiters...
...human cost of layoffs which already has over 2,000 views. Produced by Warren S. Loegering ’12, the video tells the story of Bedardo Sola, a worker who was laid off March 16th but rehired due to student advocacy. Sola refers to Harvard students as the workers?? “secret weapon.”“SECRET WEAPON” SLAM activists realize that the student voice is a powerful “secret weapon” and seek to use it to call attention to the workers?? plight...
...song and dance, campus activists speak in hyperbole, further undermining their cause. While students think they’re reciting soliloquies, onlookers think they’re watching standup. In 2006, SLAM called for Harvard to sever ties with Coca-Cola because the company allegedly smothered Colombian workers?? attempts to unionize. Then-SLAM leader Michael A. Gould-Wartofsky ’07 declared: “There’s literally blood on the hands of that corporation.” Perhaps some thug in Colombia was guilty, but Gould-Wartofsky went too far: Did any receptionist...
...Layoffs Campaign blog argues that, “Workers??every worker, including the lowest paid janitor or library technician—are vital to the ‘core mission’ of educating and intellectual research.” It is certainly true that every worker contributes to our current quality of life here at Harvard, and they are to be thanked for this. But not every job, and therefore not every worker, is “vital.” Part of the discussion regarding layoffs has involved reducing the amount of work that must...
...budgetary challenges facing the Faculty before opening the floor for questions from professors, staff, and selected student leaders gathered in Sanders Theatre, according to FAS spokesman Robert P. Mitchell. The town hall meeting comes one day after the conclusion of an early retirement incentive program offered to FAS staff workers??a milestone in the budgeting process that will provide information necessary to evaluate spending for next year. Staffers who accepted the package during the 45-day election period had until yesterday to revoke their decisions. In an interview February, Smith said the administration would use the results...