Posted on 03/26/2020 7:51:22 PM PDT by 11th_VA
Harvard University, which has the largest endowment of any school in the country, is cutting its subcontracted dining hall workers without pay as it shuts down in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The move is drawing criticism from employment rights advocates on and off campus who point to the university's $40.9 billion endowment as evidence that the school is hardly in financial straits. They also claim the decision violates Harvard's wage equality policy, which requires the university to compensate dining hall contract workers in a fashion comparable to the school's directly hired employees.
Harvard closed campus dining halls and other facilities earlier this month when it transitioned its courses online due to the outbreak. The university agreed to provide 30 days of paid leave and benefits to direct employees who were laid off, including full-time food service workers, a university spokesman told the Washington Free Beacon.
University president Lawrence Bacow and his wife tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday. Bacow said he and his wife were tested Monday after experiencing symptoms Sunday and received results within 24 hours. Meanwhile, Americans across the country have reported waiting five to seven days for test results.
But the agreement does not extend to workers who were hired as subcontractors in campus dining halls, according to the Labor and Employment Action Project at Harvard Law School.
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I really, really hate Harvard.
Little people don’t matter.
And as a non-profit, I’m pretty sure all the money they earn on that endowment (it’s mostly invested) is tax free.
Little people don’t matter.
I thought that was their motto
“but...but...that’s MY money...”
Imagine the football team they could have if they had their priorities straight.
What??? This cannot be true! Liberals care more than anyone has ever cared for The Little Guy!!! Right??? Right??? They say so every chance they get. They always tell us this so, it must be true! Right???
The Sarcasm Tag was omitted from the above because if you needed one you have issues I can’t help you with.
Fight Fiercely, Harvard!
Experts in virtue signalling, totally callous and hard hearted toward dining staff who need income.
Isn’t Harvard merely taking its cue from Oberlin?
Those elitist bastards are about the sorriest people on the planet. They’re an embarrassment to their founding principles.
Typical.
That “school” should be busted down to nothing for racketeering, money laundering, and influence peddling.
Past time to make colleges and universities eat into their endowments
You spelled “neutron bomb” wrong, didn’t you?
Exactly
Not sure this is fair. Massachusetts state law forbids universities from spending down their endowment, or from spending it on huge numbers of various purposes. The financial crisis could really hamstring Harvard, too... I remember during the last recession, they were forced to make obscene budget cuts to stay legal.
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