“I’m grateful that Harvard students care enough about service workers to take action,” Carens said.
Peña added that Insomnia Cookie workers and advocates plan to continue their fight for fair wages and better working conditions.
“It’s still going to be a continuing fight with them until they treat workers right,” he said.
—Staff writer Mariel A. Klein can be reached at marielklein@college.harvard.edu. Follow her on Twitter @mariel_klein.
This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:
CORRECTION: March 6, 2014
An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated the labor union which the former employees of Insomnia Cookies joined upon their termination. In fact, the four former employees joined the Industrial Workers of the World, not the International Workers of the World.