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Harvard’s security staff—employed through a subcontract with Securitas Security Services USA, Inc.—were notified earlier this month that their “contribution requirement” towards their monthly premiums under the company’s health insurance plan would increase by roughly 60 percent...
Passing out leaflets and holding “Health Care for our Families” signs, the security guards called for the University to cover them under the less expensive Harvard Pilgrim or Harvard University Group Health Plan, both of which are open to University employees...
While Harvard officials say that Securitas, not the University, is directly responsible for the guards’ health care coverage, the security guards have been pleased with Harvard’s willingness to cooperate thus far, said Matthew Gulish, an organizer for the local branch of Service Employees International Union, which represents the security staff...
Union members will meet with Harvard’s Labor and Employee Relations Director William Murphy this morning to discuss the possibility of extending Harvard’s health care plans to the security guards...
Meanwhile, the union will urge Securitas to help defray the rising cost of health premiums, Gulish said...