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...mind adversarial and conducted from a position of weakness by the union due mainly to the fact we were taken by surprise (and therefore had to improvise a response), coupled with obvious personality conflicts. Some guards took these severance packages and went to work for Security Systems Incorporated (SSI), a non-union contractor, who could have fired them at anytime. As it happens, they are still working, at the same sites, covered by the parity agreement, without any difficulty. Some took the early retirement and left the union and the university...
...employees of Allied Security working at Harvard University have been given a thorough background check prior to their being hired,” Rubin wrote in an e-mail. “All employees who formerly worked for SSI and, as a result of the acquisition are now Allied Security employees, have [also] had background checks completed by Allied Security...
Muhammad Shams, an SSI security guard at Eliot House, says the situation is not as grave as his colleagues believe. “I don’t think anyone will quit because the majority will not be able to find a better deal than their job at Harvard,” Shams said...
Shams also said that because SSI permits employees to work as many hours as they want, some guards have been logging 90 or 100 hours per week...
...SSI employee said that many current workers take off months at a time to visit family in other countries and are allowed to reapply for their old jobs upon returning. He is not sure whether Allied Security will continue to grant workers this privilege...