Word: non-union
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...requirement of parity between unionized and non-union outsourced workers is one result of the Harvard Committee on Employment and Contracting Policies. The stipulation is designed to remove Harvard’s incentive to outsource as a method of cutting wages. Making good on that intention, and guaranteeing that all employees are paid a fair wage, requires that the University be vigilant in overseeing contractors and enforcing requirements...
...workers joined with members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) to protest TH Niles, a company that is a tenant in 1280 Mass. Ave., according to SEIU Local 615 President Rosio Saenz. The company recently fired its unionized custodial workers and hired a single non-union worker to replace them for lower wages through the Commercial Cleaning Company, Saenz said...
Calling the protest a “Tour of Shame,” the group marched from Holyoke Center to 1280 Mass. Ave., a building rented by Harvard that organizers said was being cleaned by non-union janitors, and then to Adams House...
Bartley said he found non-union workers—employed by Andrade Cleaning and Commercial Cleaning—performing custodial duties for several Harvard buildings, including 1280 Mass. Ave., the University Information Systems building at 60 Oxford St. and an operations building at 1230 Soldiers Field Rd. He said their wages ranged from $7 to $8 per hour without benefits, significantly less than the union wage of $12.35 per hour...
...also said that 10 more union workers would not be able to obtain summer employment in non-union workplaces that had previously been open to them...