[Cel.ly] celly text? Fwd: [Ob-media-external] [Ob-media-social] [Obgroups] Picket at Harvard! No layoffs in the libraries!
Eli Holmes
sherlock at mit.edu
Wed Feb 15 11:21:09 EST 2012
I'd be down with this going out - up twinkles.
We could put something out about Spokes on whenever it is this week? It's
something that's new & it'd be nice to get a larger variety of faces
there...
On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 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
>
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> [Ob-media-social] [Obgroups] Picket at Harvard! No layoffs in the libraries! Date:
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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". Harvards 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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solidarity & love,
eli
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