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...Dean. She has spoken at “so many” workers’ rallies that she cannot even produce a number. As a non-citizen, Iscayau is not eligible to vote in U.S. elections, but that has not prevented the leadership of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) from taking notice of her political acumen...
...sincere interest in helping to get the immigrant worker community organized in Boston,” says SEIU organizer Aaron Bartley, who has known Iscayau since she came to work at Harvard three years...
Aaron Bartley, a union organizer with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 615, which represents many Harvard custodians, says that workers in his union are unclear about the kinds of problems that they should bring to the ombudsperson...
...also took the University surprisingly long to act on the McGarr case. SEIU brought the matter to Harvard’s attention in February 2003, but McGarr employees did not begin to receive proper wages until May. The University did not pay retroactive wages until six months later...
Such inadequate safeguards and a slow reaction time must be corrected if the University is to be deemed a truly responsible employer. SEIU did an incredible job of holding Harvard accountable, reflecting the importance of active unions for campus workers. By first detecting the problem and then working to right that wrong, SEIU acted as an effective advocate for all of Harvard’s janitors. After this case, in addition to monitoring its contractors more carefully, Harvard should appreciate the benefit of campus unions, and work to ensure that all people who work here have access to adequate...