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...early hours of the morning, protestors picketed prominent locations—including Elm Street, in front of the Law School and outside Woolsey Hall—marching in circles and chanting. Favorite rallying cries included “What do we want? Contract! When do we want it? Now!” and “No Contract! No Work! No Peace!” In addition, cars passing picket points frequently slowed and honked repeatedly to show their support for the labor cause...
KTI’s request for an exemption stands as a test of the enforceability of those ordinances. The company has previously received exemptions from Boston, but with its contract up for renewal it now must request one again. If KTI receives an exemption, its success at avoiding the regulation could well inspire others to also refuse to comply, making the hard-won living wage ordinances completely ineffectual...
...addition to Boston, Harvard is one of KTI’s largest customers. Without having to cut their contract or even do much more than write KTI a letter, Harvard could add significant power to efforts to improve the lives of those who work at KTI. Harvard has taken a stance against such labor abuses on its own campus; it should encourage companies over which it has influence to follow suit...
...means should Boston or Harvard stop recycling, and environmental concerns should not be pitted against labor concerns. Boston and Harvard should, though, explore alternatives to KTI so that they can legitimately threaten to cut their contract with KTI. Even if other seemingly viable recycling companies don’t appear much better than KTI, if companies were genuinely competing for Boston and Harvard’s contracts they would all have an incentive to improve...
Harvard has power to improve the working conditions for employees of many of its contractors. Even if not technically required to contract only with companies that pay a living wage, Harvard can make a company’s treatment of its workers a criterion for deciding contracts, in keeping with the standards to which Harvard holds itself on campus. Doing so, in this case by letting KTI know that the university cares about how it treats workers, would put significant pressure on companies to improve—pressure that they might not feel otherwise. Being a responsible customer is simple...