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Harvard’s security guards will receive a long-awaited increase in their starting wages, the opportunity for an escalating pay scale, and a new grievance procedure—among other benefits—as part of a contract negotiated by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the guard’s employer, AlliedBarton...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Guards Score Long-Awaited Wage Increase | 6/22/2007 | See Source »

...final contract was settled on June 6 after a protracted negotiation between the two parties. The guards unionized in December of 2006, gaining the ability to bargain for wages collectively through the SEIU...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Guards Score Long-Awaited Wage Increase | 6/22/2007 | See Source »

...with the new contract, guards now have the chance to increase their hourly wage according to levels of training and seniority. Earlier, the pay rate was uniform for all hired workers. With the possibility for increase, the average wage will likely be between $14.75 and $15.15, Jacobs said...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Guards Score Long-Awaited Wage Increase | 6/22/2007 | See Source »

...training component of this is a critical part agreed upon by [the involved parties]," said David Silvey, the vice president and general manager for the Northeast region of AlliedBarton. He explained that the professionalism of the security industry is of great importance to the company, and accordingly, the contract "tied the [wage] increases to that...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Guards Score Long-Awaited Wage Increase | 6/22/2007 | See Source »

Both Jacobs and Silvey cited the value of collective bargaining in getting the contract drawn up and settled...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Guards Score Long-Awaited Wage Increase | 6/22/2007 | See Source »

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