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Such a security force would likely be composed wholly of guards from Harvard’s current subcontractor, Security Services Incorporated (SSI...
...library workers. When Harvard goes to the bargaining table with a union, he says, it can use the threat of outsourcing as leverage. “Harvard can say, ‘Okay, if you don’t want lower wages, your job will go to an SSI guard,’” says Fenstermacher. Thus, lower wages and the fear of potential unemployment looms on the horizon for many of the guards. “I’m one of the guys that is in danger of being outsourced,” he says...
...easier for it to be a bad one. It is harder for Harvard to ensure contracted workers are paid a living wage—after all, contracting executives pocket the extra cash when they cut wages and benefits to their workers. Because some outsourcers like Security Services Internation (SSI) are private companies we don’t know how much of the money Harvard gives them goes to their workers. This is especially true when the contracted workers are not unionized, like the guards employed by SSI. Less information is given about SSI guards in the Katz report than...
...cites the outsourcing of security guards to the SSI security firm in the summer of 1999. By outsourcing the guards, Harvard pays the firm rather than the individuals themselves...
According to Michael N. Lichten, the administrator who coordinates with SSI, the security guards patrol only until 1 a.m., so extending party curfews by one hour would necessitate some logistical work with relation to SSI...