Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 211, the Smith dining and housekeeping union, has reached an agreement for their new contract after almost five months of negotiations. The first official meeting for negotiating the new contract was May 25, and the contract was signed Nov. 14.
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“If they see me talking to you, I’ll be fired,” said a housekeeper who, along with another housekeeper, spoke to The Sophian in a house hallway. They both expressed concern about the housekeeping department’s recent change in management. “They do not care for women,” said the other. “We get treated like crap.”
In the past few weeks, a printed screen-cap of an anonymous Facebook post criticizing a union change that was proposed by Smith last month has been seen around campus.