[Cel.ly] celly text? Fwd: [Ob-media-external] [Ob-media-social] [Obgroups] Picket at Harvard! No layoffs in the libraries!

Deborah Sirotkin Butler amberpaw at gmail.com
Wed Feb 15 11:21:44 EST 2012


+1 DSB on Droid
On Feb 15, 2012 11:18 AM, "Eli" <eli at occupyboston.org> wrote:

>  Thoughts on sending a text message about this today or tomorrow morning?
> We haven't sent anything since last week. I'd like to send at least 1-2 a
> week...
>
> Eli
>
> -------- Original Message --------  Subject: [Ob-media-external]
> [Ob-media-social] [Obgroups] Picket at Harvard! No layoffs in the libraries!  Date:
> Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:15:04 -0500  From: obgroups at lists.occupyboston.org  Reply-To:
> no-reply at lists.occupyboston.org, obgroups at lists.occupyboston.org  To:
> community_forum at lists.occupyboston.org, obgroups at lists.occupyboston.org
>
>
>  *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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