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...first day of fasting is scheduled for Thursday. If the University does not respond by the Friday deadline, members of SLAM have pledged to hold a two-day fast at the beginning of next week and eventually go on a hunger strike of “indefinite lengths and proportions...
Alyssa M. Aguilera ’08-09, a member of SLAM, said that the University has ignored the group’s grievances for two years now and said that SLAM has been “forced” to react drastically...
...SLAM began advocating on the guards’ behalf two years ago after the University outsourced its guards to Security Services Incorporated—now AlliedBarton—because of financial losses. The move resulted in a loss of union rights for workers...
...SLAM members said at the time that they hoped union membership would be a means of providing the guards with fair contract, a living wage, affordable health care, and a fair grievance process...
According to the letter sent to Bok sent by SLAM, 600 individuals have signed the coalition’s petition regarding the security guards’ contracts...