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...SLAM) announced yesterday that its members will begin a fast—which could escalate into a hunger strike of “indefinite lengths and proportions”—in an attempt to influence the negotiations of Harvard’s security guards with their employer AlliedBarton...
While Harvard is not directly involved in the negotiations (AlliedBarton is an independent contractor that employs the guards), SLAM said in a letter to Interim University President Derek C. Bok that the group will hold “Harvard University, the Harvard Corporation, and the President accountable for any continued violation of worker rights on campus...
...hard to believe that a university that prides itself on its standards of excellence does not retain those same standards for subcontractors, like AlliedBarton, which are responsible for our own Harvard community members’ livelihoods. AlliedBarton can boast that it is the nation’s largest U.S.-owned security firm and brings in sizable profits, but the company’s track record in terms of labor policies is shameful...
Recently, many AlliedBarton employees have voiced their concerns about the company’s treatment of workers, including its failure to pay workers a living wage, offer affordable health care, and provide sufficient training and working conditions. All across the country, campaigns have developed to unionize security officers, which have already galvanized nearly 100,000 workers...
Thankfully, Harvard is leading the pack in these campaigns and our unionization victory last semester was a great step forward for the nation-wide movement. Nevertheless, Harvard should not take this victory, and sit idly by as AlliedBarton and security officers negotiate, but instead it should exert its tremendous influence to guarantee that AlliedBarton agrees to and implements a fair and just contract...