Word: huspmgu
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Stephen G. McCombe, former president and founder of the Harvard University Security, Parking, and Museum Guard Union (HUSPMGU) and longtime Harvard employee, died in September of multiple organ failure. He was 59. As HUSPMGU president, McCombe frequently pitted himself against the University administration during negotiations for better pay and the unfolding of a discrimination lawsuit filed in the 1990s by a fellow guard. McCombe retired under pressure in 2003, when his health required him to carry around an oxygen tank. He suffered from diabetes and a weak lung. His post, particularly in later years, placed him at the heart...
...HUSPMGU president, McCombe frequently pitted himself against the University administration during negotiations for better pay and the unfolding of a discrimination lawsuit filed in the 1990s by a fellow guard...
...shop steward for Local 254 of the International Service Employees Union. McCombe later withdrew his membership after a only a few years, arguing that the leadership did not adequately represent its members. He took the Harvard chapter with him and went on to found the independent HUSPMGU in 1996, when he received official certification from the National Labor Relations Board...
...labor movement at Harvard gained steam in the early 1990s, when the HUSPMGU confronted University three years in a row about pay increases. The two ultimately signed a contract promising the workers a nine percent increase in pay over the course of three years...
...peak, HUSPMGU represented approximately 150 Harvard employees, including security guards, parking attendants, and museum employees...