<b>Dear All,<br><br>Please come if you possibly can to our picket for Harvard employee and HUCTW member Ravi Raj. Ravi has faced racist taunts on the job and retaliatory discipline for complaining about them. Management is threatening to fire him, supposedly for inferior work, even though he gets compliments like the ones below all the time. Ravi has endured telephone harassment, and being threatened by a stranger--at work--for protesting discrimination. Now that he's under written threat of termination, we've filed legal charges with state and federal authorities. But we need to expose the discrimination and retaliation against Ravi to the public! <br>
<br>Our picket will take place Thursday, 9/3, at noon, at 1737 Cambridge St. (a ten minute walk from the Harvard T). Map is below. <br><br>In Solidarity,<br><br>Geoff Carens, Union Rep, HUCTW/AFSCME local 3650 cell: (617) 803-4221 <br>
<br>Recent compliments about Ravi's work (names removed):<br><br></b><b><br>8/18: "I want to thank Ravi for devoting significant time to the
task of cleaning my laptop, following the virus attack of a week ago.
All functions appear now to be restored...Thanks, Ravi, for carrying
out this work over a number of hours, including some evening time." <br>
<br>8/20: "Many thanks to Mr. Raj for his great work on my
computer...Mr. Raj did a fantastic job fixing my computer. He was
polite, very professional and extremely patient with the many problems
my computer had. I would also like to mention that Mr. Raj helped me a
lot with my other computer as well. I am extremely grateful to him for
the extra effort he exerted in fixing my computer in a timely fashion."
</b><br><b><br></b><pre>Dear Sir/Madam,<br><br>I am a graduate student at Harvard University although conduting my <br>research over two years in Europe and India. Whilst on a brief visit to <br>Cambridge, MA, I took my laptop for servicing to the basement of CGIS <br>
North. Mr. Ravi Raj was extremely forthcoming and very generously took <br>care of the computer immediately, adding essential updates and ensuring <br>that the instrument was in ship-shape condition in a very short period of <br>
time. I am particularly appreciative since his window to perform the task <br>was extremely narrow given my own time constraints, and he did it with <br>efficiency and cheer. I express my deep gratitude to him.<br><br></pre>
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<br>Map of 1737 Cambridge St:</b><br><b><br></b><b><a href="http://maps.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTExNmIycG51BF9TAzI3MTYxNDkEc2VjA2ZwLWJ1dHRvbgRzbGsDbGluaw--#mvt=m&lat=42.375443&lon=-71.113491&zoom=17&q1=1737%20cambridge%20st%20cambridge%20ma&gid1=10190619" target="_blank">http://maps.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTExNmIycG51BF9TAzI3MTYxNDkEc2VjA2ZwLWJ1dHRvbgRzbGsDbGluaw--#mvt=m&lat=42.375443&lon=-71.113491&zoom=17&q1=1737%20cambridge%20st%20cambridge%20ma&gid1=10190619</a></b><br>