In an update to a story from Friday’s broadcast, students at Harvard University have ended their nine-day hunger strike as part of a campaign to demand a pay raise and improve working conditions for campus security guards. The students want the university to intervene in salary negotiations between the guards and their employer Allied Barton. The fast ended after guards urged the students to eat. At a gathering in Harvard Yard Saturday, security guard Paul Kane thanked the students for their campaign.

Paul Kane: “For most of my co-workers, no one has ever bothered to stand up for them. No one has ever showed the outpouring of support we have received. Your willingness to do that means so much to us. You have been an inspiration to us. You have taught us what can happen when a community stands together. We have developed a bond I hope will only strengthen over time. For the first time in a long while, my co-workers and I can see a light at the end of the tunnel. Thank you so very much for showing us the way.”

Two students were hospitalized this week for low levels of sodium.

Student Kelly Lee: “For me, this has never been about the hunger strike. It’s never been about the students who are doing the hunger strike. It’s always been about the people who work here, who go home every day, who have families to take care of, who are living week to week, who need this in order to live, who deserve this.”