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Everyone dreams of making it big, of one day holding that championship trophy, of being the best. Senior Matt Farbotko has his shot and may be on his way to the big show. The tight end signed a one-year contract with the Indianapolis Colts last weekend after a three-day minicamp. Farbotko first received notice the Colts were interested in his potential on NFL draft day, when they offered him a tryout to include meetings, orientations, and physical, drug, and flexibility tests beginning last Thursday. After a long weekend of learning everything from plays to lingo, Farbotko...
...puts the same care into labor relations. This is in recognition of the critical role that staff, from janitors to security guards to dining hall workers, play in the Harvard community. Recently, however, the University has been urged by some in the community who want Harvard to intervene in contract negotiations between outside security firm and its employees who work at Harvard. I am writing to explain why Harvard has declined...
...view, it properly defines and describes the limits of the University’s relationship with vendors and their employees. Indeed, the SEIU has cited the program—described in full at http://laborrelations.harvard.edu/olr/parity.shtml—as a model during its negotiations with contract custodial employees at other campuses...
...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 first contract through SEIU. While we agree with many of Stand For Security’s aims and its general spirit of promoting the welfare of Harvard’s workers, we cannot support its extreme tactic of using a hunger strike to force Harvard’s hand.Though Harvard does not employ...
...misconduct. Gross said last month that he is considering undertaking a review of the Ad Board’s procedures next fall and that students may serve on the committee that will carry out the review. Students present last night also said that undergraduates should have formal input into contract decisions that directly affect them. This week, the College announced that it had taken out a contract with Collegeboxes, the storage and shipping company that drew complaints from students last year. College administrators said the company had reformed its operations, but undergraduates have expressed skepticism about using Collegeboxes again. Students...