A Living Wage for Harvard Workers.Cambridge, Massachusetts This article is about the city of Cambridge in Massachusetts. For the English university town, see Cambridge, England. For other places, see Cambridge (disambiguation). Cambridge, Massachusetts is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. On April 30, students and faculty gathered in Harvard Yard Harvard Yard is a grassy area of about 25 acres (0.1 km²), adjacent to Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which constitutes the oldest part and the center of the campus of Harvard University. to urge university officials to raise the minimum wage for custodial and cafeteria cafeteria: see restaurant. workers there. The Harvard Living Wage Campaign argues that since the university's year 2000 operating budget Noun 1. operating budget - a budget for current expenses as distinct from financial transactions or permanent improvements budget items, operating cost, operating expense, overhead - the expense of maintaining property (e.g. was $1.9 billion, it can afford to pay its janitors and dining service employees more than the current rates of $6.50 to $9.00 per hour. For more information, go to the Harvard Living Wage Campaign's web site at www.hcs.harvard. edu/-pslm/livingwage. |
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