So in June, the University rented a conference room at Cambridge's Holiday Inn. For days on end, union negotiators, led by attorney Randall Nash, and Harvard negotiators, led by director of labor relations Kim A. Roberts '78, hashed out the details of a new contract.
Some nights, the negotiation sessions would go until 4 a.m., with 20 people crowded into a small conference room. Both union and University officials said the talks were tough--often acrimonious but always businesslike.
"There were some very difficult business realities that were focused on the guards," says one Harvard official.
Making Progress
The guards, in turn, granted HUPD direct control over their scheduling assignments.
Arcane and complex union rules had sometimes prevented empty security posts from being filled, sometimes requiring HUPD to post uniformed officers to take up the slack.
In late June, the University made its final proposals, which included cuts in vacation pay and no increase in sick time.
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