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Bill Sage, who recently quit as a union stewardfor the attendants, also says Trifiro uses herbackground in the armed forces to intimidate themuseum attendants...
Prior to a bargain struck last June betweenHarvard and the attendants' union--ServiceEmployees International Union Local 254--themuseum hired three different types of attendantsat three different levels of pay: day guards,night guards, and limited regular guards...
Sage's resignation, the attendants' confusionabout their union contract and Trifiro'smilitaristic style have caused a standstill at themuseum...
...museum right now has no representation,"Sage says, "There should be an election but thereare no names on the ballot."CrimsonEdward H. WuAttendants at The Fogg Museum allege thatreforms made by their boss, Michele M. Trifiro,have worsened working conditions in themuseum...
Staff members have also said the makeup of thecommittee--which includes only facultymembers--belies a preliminary bias in favor of theacademic rather than the public facets of themuseum. And staffers say they were not given thechance to participate in the committee'sdeliberations...