From the Harvard Crimson: In the biting cold, roughly 80 local affiliates called on Harvard to increase its wage offers to custodians in... rally [this past Monday] outside University Hall. 32BJ Service Employees International Union, which represents campus custodians, has been bargaining with the University since early October — but negotiations quickly stalled over wages. After Harvard proposed 2.7 percent average annual increases across a five-year contract in response to a 5.1 percent average yearly increase proposed by the union last week, the two parties agreed to enter federal mediation to resolve the deadlock.
...Under their current contract, 32BJ custodians are paid between $28.00 and $30.68 an hour, depending on their job title and seniority. Harvard spokesperson Jason A. Newton declined to comment on the rally, instead referring The Crimson to a statement provided after the two parties agreed to enter federal mediation. “The University deeply values our custodial team and the essential work they do,” he wrote, pointing to Harvard’s offer of $2,000 in bonuses upon ratification and wage increases above 3 percent in later years of the proposed five-year agreement...
Full story at https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/12/9/32bj-rally-december/.
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