And let’s be clear: workers are only receiving 30 days’ pay because they have the protections of a union
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Harvard is laying off nearly all dining workers. While the univ. has agreed to provide 30 days' pay for the directly hired dining workers who work at the College, they are refusing to provide this pay for the subcontracted dining workers at @Harvard_Lawhttps://actionnetwork.org/petitions/harvard-pay-all-your-workers …
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We won! Thanks to everyone who signed and spread the wordhttps://www.thecrimson.com/article/2020/3/27/harvard-employee-pay-guarantee/ …
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This is a little misleading. If Harvard contracts with a corporation, Starbucks for example, to set up a coffee shop in their building, Starbucks would then be the employer of the people that work there. It would be up to Starbucks to choose to pay them or not.
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@Penn’s dining hall workers are subcontracted and are facing layoffs. Looks like tens of billions of dollars of endowments aren’t enough to save working class families from being kicked to the curbhttps://www.thedp.com/article/2020/03/penn-dining-bon-appetit-laid-off-workers-coronavirus … -
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@Harvard you have the endowment the size of some countries, you can spare the money believe me -
I get your point, but universities aren't allowed to just dip into their endowments to pay operating costs.
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Proven fact. The wealthy tend to be the most selfish. I remember my dad saying "Son, they didn't get rich by giving money away". Sad but true.
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