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Stymied By Secrecy

For thirteen months the University remained silent on the issue of a living wage, spurring the Progressive Student Labor Movement to action. Now administrators have announced their plans to aid workers. But students say it's not enough.

"In a way they won a lot," Zeckhauser says. "It's a progressive and very rich package of ideas. They should feel good for what has been achieved."

Another Rally, Another Meeting

PSLM has pledged to continue its program of direct action tactics to pressure the University to raise wages, despite the boost in benefits the report recommends.

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"I have no doubt this issue will win," Offner says.

She says she does not anticipate that the University will spend another 13 months studying the issue.

"I don't expect them to put together another committee," she says. "This seemed to be a one-time effort."

But PSLM may now face a more difficult battle.

Because the University expended such a great deal of effort in convening and supporting the committee, administrators seem reluctant to commit to another lengthy review and deliberation process.

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