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PSLM members urged Harvard to cancel its deal with the janitorial contractor UNICCO, which employs about 5,500 of the 11,700 area janitors represented by SEIU...
...union is asking the contractors to extend health benefits to part-time workers and to increase numbers of full-time jobs. UNICCO has offered pay increases, but has said health care would not be feasible...
...janitors now on strike are risking their jobs and livelihoods. Unicco, Boston’s largest cleaning contractor, is already employing replacement workers. The desperation of those willing to cross a picket line for a paycheck speaks to the bravery of those who will strike. Living in conditions that can lead one to break a strike, it speaks volumes that so many janitors still decided to walk out. Additionally, that Unicco and other companies can find replacement workers underscores how little job security the striking janitors have. Despite all this, the number of janitors on strike is growing, as more...
...strike began with a rally at Northeastern University—which employs UNICCO janitors—where students, janitors and community supporters demanded that university officials issue a statement supporting the janitors...
...marchers then moved into downtown Boston, joining more strikers as they passed through other UNICCO sites. Six hours later, the evening ended with a lecture on strikers’ rights and a barbecue back at Northeastern...