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...steward, McCombe has represented dozens of guards who have filed grievances contesting discipline meted out by the department's management. He also represented five of the seven University guards who have charged on-the-job harassment...
Based on his experiences as a steward, McCombe said the four administrators--as well as former General Counsel Daniel Steiner '54 and Director of Human Resources Diane B. Patrick--failed to adequately address allegations of discriminatory practices in the unit. Separate investigations conducted by labor relations officials Young and Patrick, who used to work for Steiner, failed to interview guards. The investigations cleared the supervisors...
...four-hour interview, McCombe detailed problems he saw in the department during his six-year tenure as a steward. He repeatedly stressed that his views of the department's management were his own and did not represent those of the union...
Guards may be disciplined for any number of infractions, from being late or out-of-uniform to sleeping on the job. McCombe charged that discipline for those five guards was more extreme than for other guards. The steward also alleged discipline in the department is rarely enforced against guards who are friends of security supervisors and the operations manager, Dowling...
...steward charged that Dowling and other officials knew of his breathing problem, because he was hospitalized for it and missed two weeks of work in 1988. He also said Dowling refused to accept notes from two different doctors when the guard missed time this fall because of the illness...