The protesters, the media, the police and even Tent City are all long gone. Now, the work begins.

Months after this spring’s three-week protest by the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) that spawned its beginning, the committee charged with investigating the state of workers on campus is hard at work.

The committee, chaired by Professor of Economics Lawrence Katz, has spent its first two months gathering data, talking to members of the Harvard community and preparing for a fall of “intensive” weekly meetings, according to Katz.

After its first meeting in early June, the committee has adjourned for the summer to gather data and work on speaking to various members of the community who will be affected by the report.

Members of the committee are gathering data about the status of employees at Harvard, the University’s contracting and outsourcing procedures and practices and looking more broadly at the history of the “living wage” movement and its implementation in other areas of the country.

While the committee has many examples of the living wage in other locales, like that of the City of Cambridge or the City of Baltimore where the movement began in the early 1990s, the committee is finding itself hampered by the lack of data from other institutions of higher education, Katz says.

“There aren’t many university examples,” he says.

The committee is also busy readying a website that will keep the public informed of the committee’s meetings and plans, and beginning to organize public forums for the fall when community members will be able to speak on the living wage issue.