Over 70 George Mason University students, faculty and non-union contracted janitors rallied last Thursday outside of the President’s house to protest charges against the school’s cleaning contractor for making janitors endure physical pain to take on extra work cleaning the President’s house during a severe staffing shortage. Among many of the problems with previous GMU contractors and subcontractors, according to SEIU 32BJ, are charges of bounced checks and late paychecks that companies settled with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rather than go to trial over charges by janitors who filed three sets of labor charges. Last year, over 220 faculty, staff, students and alumni among others signed a George Mason University-American Association of University Professors resolution to support GMU contracted janitors. Comments are closed.
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