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Harvard U. & Dining Hall Workers Reach Tentative Deal After 20-Day Strike

HeadlineOct 25, 2016

And in Boston, Massachusetts, Harvard University and dining hall workers say they’ve reached a tentative deal in ongoing contract negotiations, after hundreds of Harvard University students staged a sit-in Monday in the lobby where Harvard’s negotiations with the cafeteria workers’ union was taking place. The dining hall workers have been on strike for more than 20 days to demand affordable healthcare and an average salary of $35,000 a year. Harvard’s endowment is over $35 billion.

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