Word: unicco
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...UNICCO custodians began cleaning Quincy and Cabot Houses on Feb.1, the same day that Acme Building Services Inc. took over custodial work in Lamont and Pusey Libraries. The Loeb Drama Center is also being cleaned by an outside contractor...
Before the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) hired UNICCO and Acme contractors to clean the five buildings, FAS offered severance packages or early retirement options to all full time Harvard custodial employees...
Cassidy said he had not heard of any problems with UNICCO custodians at Quincy--a sentiment echoed by the House's student Dorm Crew captain...
David A. Zewinski '76, associate dean of physical resources, acknowledges that there are no outstanding reports of poor service by FMO. He also claims that cost difference between FMO and UNICCO was not a major factor in the decision. If this is true, then Harvard custodians should not be losing work. For some time, individual schools and departments within the University have had the right to purchase custodial service from outside contractors. We have always felt that FMO should be shown preference, especially when it offers the same quality of service as outside firms. In-house custodians develop relationships with...
...insufficient explanation for the decision regarding FMO workers. The custodians were led to believe that their new contract would protect them from the very out-sourcing which has just taken place. They, and the students who care about them, deserve an explanation. In describing the decision to hire UNICCO, Zewinski has said, "You go with the visceral feeling of what you feel is going to be the best." We find this justification to be wholly unsatisfactory. In fact, we feel that helping the employees who have served us so well for so many years is the best decision Harvard...