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Nearly 100 Harvard employees, students, and union representatives from the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 615 rallied outside of Holyoke Center on Friday to call for unionization and higher wages for the University’s security guards. Union representatives and employees have claimed that AlliedBarton, the contractor which employs Harvard’s security guards, has thwarted the unionization attempts of workers, and that the University has cooperated with AlliedBarton’s effort. According to SEIU spokeswoman Suzanne Morse, AlliedBarton’s security guards have been attempting to unionize for the last three years...
After weeks of community outrage, Saintely Paul, the Harvard janitor allegedly fired for fainting on the job, will return to work, according to labor leaders. On Wednesday, the local branch of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the University, and Paul reached a verbal agreement allowing Paul to regain his job, as well as full back pay for time missed and coverage of medical expenses related to his condition, the union said. The agreement comes after several rallies staged on Paul’s behalf by students, union members, and local and state politicians. Shortly after the last rally...
Eight Harvard students participated in a two-day “solidarity” fast of their own, trekking out to Burlington Friday night for a post-fast rally. Jamila R. Martin ’07, a member of the Student Labor Action Movement who fasted last week, said SEIU 615 has been trying to organize janitors in the city for a while, but the anti-union sentiment in the area has made it very difficult...
...SEIU 615 has been organizing on campus in support of Saintely Paul, a former Harvard janitor who was fired last June, allegedly for fainting while on duty. The case is still in arbitration, according to Harvard spokesman Joe Wrinn...
...SEIU 615 organizer Courtney A. Snegroff said the union is slated to meet with University officials this Wednesday...