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Lesley University is rebranding! It has a new logo and advertising campaign and an exciting new reputation for paying slave wages. Last month in was adjunct professors who came before the City Council seeking support for unionization efforts. The university’s full-time faculty makes up as little as 37 percent of its actual teaching staff, with […]
In nearly a decade of working at the Burger King across from the Boston Common, Kyle King’s hourly pay has risen from $8 to $8.15. Unable to afford rent on a place of his own, the 46-year-old lives with his brother in a small Roxbury apartment. Fed up, King decided to join a one-day nationwide […]
Food service workers at Lesley University came before the Cambridge City Council Monday, Feb. 24, to ask for their support in contract negotiations they say have stalled. According to the policy order, submitted by councilors Marc McGovern and Denise Simmons, the workers voted to join Unite Here Local 26 in March last year. They’ve been […]
The Cambridge City Council passed two resolutions Monday night that backed local labor unions struggling to negotiate with employers. The first resolution voiced support for food service workers at Lesley University, who have complained of inadequate compensation and a lack of cooperation from University officials. Last March, the service workers joined a union for local […]
This past Friday afternoon, a delegation of workers, students and faculty members marched to the offices of Lesley University to deliver a petition containing the signatures of 522 community members demanding fair working conditions and a living wage for cafeteria members at the university. The petition was to be presented to Vice President for Administration […]