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Area Politicians, Faculty Join Wage Protest

West, Galluccio, Barrios show support at rally

"Harvard is different than a stock optionscorporation," Barrios added. "This is a placewhere we have the luxury of making an example."

Barrios and Galluccio said that although theCity Council has passed a resolution endorsing thecampaign, they believe the administration willonly agree to pay a living wage if studentscontinue to protest.

"Don't let them think this is over when finalsare over," Galluccio said.

In addition to the speeches, they rallyincluded poems which students rapped and chantsfrom "one, two, three, four, Harvard pay a littlemore" to "no justice, no peace."

Today's rally attracted a smaller crowd than asimilar rally several months ago, which drew about200 students, and March's Rally for Justice, whichdrew about 350 students.

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But Living Wage Campaign organizers said theturnout was impressive for reading period, andpromised an even bigger rally at the beginning ofthe next school year

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