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...glass, he moves his right shoulder upward. This movement sends an electrical signal from the position sensor, which is worn under his clothing, to the stimulator in his chest, which amplifies it and passes it along to the appropriate muscles in his arm and hand. In response, the muscles contract and his left hand closes. When he wants to release the glass, he moves his right shoulder downward and his left hand opens...
Although Harvard janitors ratified a contract Friday increasing their hourly wages to at least $11.35, members of the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) said yesterday that the new wages remained “inadequate...
Despite falling short of that goal, union leader Rocio Saenz called the contract a “great step on workers’ rights” as talks concluded last Wednesday...
Matthew Milikowsky ’02, one of two undergraduates on HCECP, said he believed the new contract offered “appropriate” pay raises and said PSLM offered a “moving target” as its definition of a poverty wage...
Still, the wages outlined in the new contract will raise the pay of most Harvard janitors. According to the HCECP report, 89 percent of contracted custodial workers and 82 percent of Harvard custodial workers earned less than $10 an hour last year...