Just this past January, Michigan announced a seven-year deal with Nike--valued at between $25 and $28 million--for the right to license products bearing the Michigan logo.
PSLM members--many of whom spent Saturday protesting in front of Boston's Niketown--say the colossal collegiate apparel contract makes them wary.
"Bollinger's definitely someone I've got some real concerns about," says McKean, who is also a Crimson editor. "I can't really imagine that he'd be deeply sympathetic."
The Status Quo
PSLM members say they are disheartened by past interactions with Fineberg.
Fineberg personally met with the group after a high-ranking committee of faculty members and administrators released a 100-page report last spring--after 13 months of research--recommending that the University enlarge the scope of worker benefits, including health insurance, education and access to campus facilities, but not raise wages.
The report came as a direct response to two years of PSLM agitation for a living wage of at least $10.25 per hour for all Harvard employees, but PSLM members did not endorse the recommendations--and vowed to continue to fight.
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