From: Benjamin L McKean (mckean@fas.harvard.edu)
Date: Thu Feb 14 2002 - 01:54:53 EST
apologies for not getting word out sooner.
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Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 01:48:05 -0500 (EST)
From: progressive student labor movement <pslm@hcs.harvard.edu>
To: harvardpslm@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [HarvardPSLM] V-DAY JANITORS MARCH * 3:30pm Today * Harvard Square
Janitors' contract negotiations are nearing a stalemate. Harvard still
refuses to substantially raise janitors' wages or make benefits more
affordable. This Valentine's Day workers are asking
L A R R Y S U M M E R S ,
W H E R E I S Y O U R H E A R T ?
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Today, Feb 14 @ 3:30pm ****** ****** Meet at Harvard Sqaure
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====================== D I D Y O U K N O W ? =======================
o After four sessions of bargaining, Harvard has offered a wage increase
of only 1 dollar an hour for janitors, and have offered nothing in
terms of affordable health insurance.
o Harvard negotiators have spent more than 40 hours of bargaining time
lecturing workers about how great Harvard is and how its offer is so
good that the "only thing left for [Harvard] to do is bend over."
o Janitors have asked Harvard to pay wages comparable to those paid by
other Boston area universities with much smaller endowments: BU pays
at least $14.50, MIT pays at least $15.49, and Wellesley pays over
$15.26. Workers at Harvard typically earn $9.75.
o Although Harvard has quadrupled its endowment and increased tuition
by more than 50% since 1992, the University has cut janitors' real
wages by more than 30% over this period.
o The money Harvard saves by paying substandard wages and benefits
amounts to less than 0.25% of annual University expenses.
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