William Murphy, Harvard’s director of labor and employee relations, is facilitating negotiations between Harvard and SEIU.
“University leaders, local management, and the union leadership are working together to resolve this matter in a way that is fair and appropriate,” he said in an e-mail.
Harvard declined to explain why the workers had been transferred to UNICCO.
One of the transferred employees, Helena Talbot, had been working for Harvard for 16 years.
“I’m doing the same daily things I used to do,” she said. “But I would like to go back to work with Harvard.”
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—Staff writer Daniel J.T. Schuker can be reached at dschuker@fas.harvard.edu.
—Staff writer Anton S. Troianovski can be reached at atroian@fas.harvard.edu.