[Street] [Obgroups] Picket at Harvard! No layoffs in the libraries!

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*No Layoffs Campaign - Picket at Harvard!*
*TOMORROW Thursday 5:30pm*
Lamont Library, 11 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

The No Layoffs Campaign will picket outside of Lamont Library, the
undergraduate library where *Occupy Harvard *has set up its temporary,
targeted occupation, to call attention to the University's draconian
policies.

Harvard's libraries are still reeling from the staff cuts of 2008. That the
library "restructuring" involves buyouts & layoffs has come as a shock to
many who say that their departments are already incredibly understaffed.

Harvard administration has announced a plan to restructure the library
system that will make libraries “more efficient” which will include a
“smaller workforce.” The jobs of hundreds of staff currently employed by
the libraries are threatened; measures include cuts and restructuring by
“voluntary and involuntary means.” High unemployment rates make finding a
new job nearly impossible, especially for older workers, who are being
incentivized to leave "or else".  Harvard’s endowment grew 21% last year,
to $32 billion, and the library operating costs represent only 3.3% of the
annual budget.

Support the union of clerical workers and nonunionized Harvard employees,
including our research librarians!
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