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...some of PSLM??s greatest victories on behalf of workers have demonstrated the limits of student power in the world of labor relations...
With SEIU in charge of contract negotiations, PSLM??with its years of contact with workers—worries that the hierarchical union, however revitalized, may still not be the best advocate for workers’ concerns...
...irony is that without PSLM??s activism pushing the living wage and the union to the forefront, this spring’s wage hikes might never have happened. But with the student group’s success has come uncertainty about the role students can play in organizing workers once they have helped the union regain power and credibility...
...PSLM??s actions in the latter half of this academic year only drew attention away from its victories. Its dedicated members should continue to press for the one remaining major goal that has not been realized—a living wage that increases along with workers’ cost of living and inflation. PSLM must also refine its idea of what constitutes a “living wage;” a wage that was good enough for workers last spring should still be sufficient now. If PSLM focuses its energy on these two goals, it can regain...
...able to effect real change because it was annoying and loud. The group’s members forced administrators to listen to them by rallying, circulating petitions, educating the student body and engaging faculty members. Everyone on campus—administrators, faculty and students—now knows what PSLM??s goals and concerns are, even if they do not agree with them...