*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management* Title: Harvard Is Vaulting Workers Into the Middle Class With High Pay. Can Anyone Else Follow Its Lead? Author: Eduardo Porter

*Source:* NY Times

*Date: * Sept 8, 2018 Summary: This parity policy was formally adopted across the university 16 years ago by Lawrence H. Summers, then Harvard’s president. At a stroke, it ended the practice of outsourcing dining, security and other such services simply to save on labor costs. “The effect of this policy is to remove some of the economic incentives to contract out those positions,” said Michael Kramer, organizing director at the Cambridge area local of Unite Here, the union covering food service workers. Link: http://bit.ly/2CFhaj4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene McElroy, Library Associate James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary@work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library