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Last night’s agreement came after a period of intense negotiation in advance of the contract’s expiration...
...Harvard’s janitors ratify last night’s agreement, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 615, which represents most of Harvard’s janitors, will have come close to achieving several of its initial goals, including an hourly wage...
...We’re very pleased to have come to terms on a tentative agreement involving contract provisions that we believe are fair to both the University and the custodians,” said Harvard spokesman Joe Wrinn...
Brian S. Rider, the chief negotiator on behalf of the janitors, had left the negotiations on Monday demanding that the starting wage increase to $19.50 per hour over the next five years. Harvard had countered with a six-year agreement that would have gradually increased janitors’ starting hourly wage...
...discussions we have had with union representatives have been productive and mutually respectful,” Wrinn said. “We had been making steady progress toward a new agreement for several weeks, and both sides worked very hard in the past few days to arrive at an acceptable middle ground...