Word: union
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Security Guard Union filed a labor complaint against the University last week, nothing years of contract disputes during which time the University failed to offer an acceptable contract the union. The Harvard security guards--unique among guards because they are trained by and hired for the University, not by a large security guard conglomerate--feel ignored and slighted after years of service to the University...
They claim Harvard has refused to negotiate with them in good faith. Every offer made to the union by the University includes cutting the guards, especially since they say that their wages have not risen since 1995. The union has been in negotiations with the University since the organization was formed...
Whether or not the union's charges against the University are true--the National Labor Relations Board will decide that --the University owes an explanation. If the University is going to out-source guards in order to cut costs, it should at least be clear about its intentions instead of stringing the security guards along like jilted lovers...
...Local union activists, interested Cambridge residents and students from other New England colleges and universities also attended the conference in Sever and Emerson Halls, which drew 200 people over the course of the weekend, according to Dube...
...labor conference that accompanied theformation of the alliance featured talks by some30 union leaders and labor activists. Paneldiscussions and workshops focused on labor issuesand corporate abuses in general, as well asspecific outlets for student activism...