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Most Harvard dining halls are closed during the summer. But Eddie B. Childs, who is co-chief union steward for the College's dining workers, charges that until this year, the University had agreed to employ dining hall workers in maintenance jobs during the summer months.
Childs says Harvard dining services workers are not eligible for unemployment benefits because of a clause in the compensation law, and thus will have no income for the summer break period. The clause exempts educational institutions from having to pay such benefits, Childs says.
Childs, a cook in Adams House, says Harvard has no hired private contractors for tasks usually assigned to dining hall workers in the summer. He calls this practice "unfair."
"Laid-off workers are typically transferred to other duties like custodial or ground maintenance jobs," Childs says. "This year, those jobs are not going to be offered because the administration has either contracted them out privately or eliminated them through attrition."
Childs said the Hicks case is a concern for all unionized employees at Harvard. "We know that if Darryl goes and we don't fight, we're all gone," he said