WASHINGTON – In a joint statement, Congresswomen
Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Katherine Clark (MA-05) and Lori Trahan
(MA-03), along with Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward
J. Markey (D-MA), are calling on Harvard University to reinstate the
emergency COVID-19 worker protections to their contracted workforce that their
full-time employees enjoy.
“Every dedicated
worker of the janitorial, security, and food service departments at Harvard
University—including contracted workers—deserve robust worker protections
during this crisis, especially as the COVID-19 positive rate continues to climb
across the Commonwealth and in essential workers’ communities. Harvard
University made the right decision to guarantee job protections for Harvard
employees and contracted staff earlier this year, and we urge them to extend
this critical policy now.”