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...same campaign dates back to the 1970s when Harvard security officers originally formed a union that maintained considerable strength for nearly 30 years. The struggle was renewed, however, a few years ago when Harvard decided to outsource all but 7 security officer positions to a private security firm, AlliedBarton...
According to security guard Rodney Noel, workers at AlliedBarton, the company that employs Harvard security officers, currently lack affordable healthcare options and must work for two years before they receive a week of paid vacation...
This fall, SLAM’s cause du jour was security guard unionization. In what The Crimson called a “hard fought victory for the guards and student activists,” Harvard security guards subcontracted through AlliedBarton were allowed to form a union. SLAM celebrated, and The Crimson’s editorial board applauded the decision because the “University’s security guards…deserve a union”—a glorious victory in the eternal class struggle...
Many sectors of Harvard employees have long enjoyed the benefits of unionization. The University’s security guards, however, have been without a union since 2004, when Harvard finalized the outsourcing of their jobs to AlliedBarton, a contractor of security services. AlliedBarton had previously prohibited its Harvard employees from unionizing, but in the face of protests and pressure from workers and labor advocates, the firm reversed its stance in November, granting the guards permission to join the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). The deal was cemented last month when a majority of the guards voted in favor of unionization...
...guards will now select a bargaining committee, probably by the beginning of February. The bargaining committee with then sit down with AlliedBarton to discuss a “fair contract,” Jacobs said...