Word: reportable
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Despite the initial positive reaction of some members, the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM)--the organization responsible for the living wage campaign--met last night and decided to adopt a hard-line response to the report released by the Ad Hoc Committee on Employment Policies on Wednesday...
...report can be seductive at first glance," PSLM member Stephen N. Smith '02 wrote in an e-mail message. "Upon further review, it appears plain to me that the lives of workers will not be sufficiently or substantially benefited until Harvard makes policy changes that can be implemented effectively and that see workers as equal and important members of our community...
...committee's report, which was the product of 13 months of meetings and research, recommends that the University offer health insurance to 500 more employees, require contracted firms to provide health insurance, grant paid leave and job training to 500 workers each year and provide increased benefits to casual workers...
...report cited the living wage campaign's work as a primary factor in its decision to boost benefits for employees...
...PSLM members called the report unresponsive to the campaign and said last night that the policy changes proposed by the report would be ineffective...