Harvard Agrees To Raise Wages Of Lowest Paid
Following the recommendation of a committee formed in response to the three-week occupation of the president's office by student protestors last spring, Harvard University has agreed to raise the wage of their lowest paid workers to a "living wage" level. The new policy calls for the renegotiation of the current collective bargaining agreements with the unions representing hundreds of security guards, groundskeepers, parking attendants, housekeeping staff, dining service workers, and other low wage workers, to meet or exceed the $10.50 an hour considered by the city of Cambridge to be a "living wage." The parity wage and benefits policy adopted from the committee will also require outside contractors hired by the university--- found responsible by the committee for depressing wages at the university---to provide their workers with pay and benefits equivalent to those received by unionized Harvard employees.
See "Harvard Agrees To Raise Wages Of Lowest Paid", PAMELA FERDINAND, The Washington Post, January 31, 2002