The hiring was at odds, some argued, with The Crimson’s endorsement this past spring of Harvard’s living wage campaign’s platform of a wage floor of $10.25 per hour for all Harvard employees. The Crimson typesetting was expected to employ 20 Cambodian typisis working two six-hour shifts a day on 10 computers for six months. The typists earn $50 a month, better than the $45 minimum wage paid in the garment sector, Cambodia’s biggest industry.
“We’re taking advantage of wage differentials,” MacInnis told the Globe in July, “but we have been assured that these salaries are not only fair, but excellent for the people doing this.”
The decision to update the website, the third incarnation of www.thecrimson.com, was reached last year as the old site, which was established in 1998, was becoming outdated in terms of design and technology. Several Crimson boards complained that the site was cluttered and lacked organization.
“The technology had been rewritten so many times that no one person was familiar with it,” MacInnis said.
The new website features a more streamlined flow of information.
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