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...University maintains that it will not intervene in the contract negotiations between the security guards' union and AlliedBarton, the subcontractor that employs Harvard's guards. Eleven students began a hunger strike Thursday in an effort to get the University to pressure AlliedBarton to meet their demands for higher wages, steady work schedules, and other benefits...
According to Harvard's Wage and Benefits Parity Policy—introduced after student protests in 2001—outside contractors like AlliedBarton must pay their employees wages similar to those received by in-house unionized employees who perform the same work...
...AlliedBarton's compliance with this standard was last reviewed a year ago, according to an opinion piece by Vice President for Human Resources Marilyn Hausammann published in Monday's Crimson...
...policy, of course, is not a substitute for the good faith negotiations that must occur in collective bargaining. It is ultimately for those with the most direct stake—the employer and its employees—to determine how best to arrange their relationship. In the case of AlliedBarton, the employees are represented by the SEIU, a highly effective advocate for workers nationwide. Their agreement must, in the end, represent a balance of multiple considerations that the parties themselves are best-positioned to resolve. Harvard should not, need not, and will not intervene in this process...
...academic year, and the meticulously manicured lawns that we walk over in the fall and spring too easily slip below the radar. Perhaps most easily taken for granted, however, is the basic safety that we all enjoy—the safety provided by the security guards employed by AlliedBarton Security Services (AlliedBarton), to which Harvard outsources most of its security needs. Recently, student members of Stand For Security began a hunger strike to call attention to the plight of AlliedBarton security workers on campus, who unionized under the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) last December and are now negotiating their...