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...rally, covered by camera crews from local and national media, was intended to draw community attention to what the janitors say is Harvard’s unwillingness to agree to pay fair wages in ongoing contract negotiations...
...case that both parties believed no progress was being made with negotiations, they would select a mediator who would make a non-binding recommendation on the contract, Jones said...
...Once a contract with SEIU has been agreed to, Harvard will begin talks with the dining worker and security guard unions—negotiations that Jones said may well be affected by the outcome of the current discussions...
...than $10,000 a year while living in shoddy dormitories under a strict curfew, are very nearly indentured servants. And the servants are getting restless. Ma Jian, a 32-year-old forward, has taken the unprecedented step of suing his former team, the Beijing Olympians, in a highly publicized contract dispute. A few of the most talented players would like to move to the greener pastures of the NBA (center Wang Zhizhi, 23, became the first Chinese national to play in the NBA when he joined the Dallas Mavericks last year). But the government and the clubs themselves...
...have seen what happens when the real story of poverty at the world’s richest university gets out. Arguments that for years had fallen on the deaf ears of administrators made a lot of sense to everyone else. Suddenly, those same arguments merited a committee, new contract negotiations, and (eventually) major changes in Harvard’s policies. We found out that meaningful discussion began only after direct action brought some light to Harvard’s darker corners...