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...negotiations are the first following the Dec. 19 report of the Harvard Committee on Employee and Contracting Policies (HCECP), which called for higher wages for low-paid workers. University President Lawrence H. Summers largely accepted the report last month...
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 254, which represents Harvard janitors, has called for a higher wage than the figure offered in the HCECP report. SEIU asked for base wages beginning at $14 and increasing to $15.50 over the three years that will be covered by the new contract...
However, even Harvard’s initial offer would be a significant raise for the unions, since, according to the HCECP report, 89 percent of contracted custodial workers and 82 percent of Harvard custodial workers earned less than $10 an hour last year...
...said the big sticking points remains wages and benefits. Currently, workers pay a fee for health care, and according to the HCECP report, 38 percent of Harvard’s custodial workers and 46 percent of sub-contracted custodial workers participated in health care plans...
Panfil said Harvard has made “no movement” in discussions about reducing health fees for in-house workers and requiring parity benefits for contracted workers, as recommended by the HCECP report...