"I think that more fact-checking would be tremendously helpful for everyone," Rudenstine said. "They should chat with the people in charge."
Rudenstine also said it's unrealistic to expect rapid changes in the amount of benefits that workers receive.
"It has to be implemented in phases. There's only one time health benefits can change--January first," Rudenstine said.
Despite his contention that further reforms will come, the PSLM students said that Rudenstine seemed indifferent to the issues since he did not even listen to all their accusations.
"What disappointed me was that when we mentioned the living wage, Rudenstine just started chatting it up with people," Amy C. Offner '01 said.
Yesterday's living wage protest did not come without precedent.
In May, PSLM staged a rally attended by more than 400 people in front of the Littauer Center that featured several big names, including Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, Class of 1992.
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