Blanca said she was grateful to learn of the union’s petition.
“When Heather told me that, I felt like my heart was exploding from my chest,” Blanca said. “I felt that I wasn’t so alone.”
She added that she looks forward to returning to work.
“I can’t lose this job,” she said. “I see my job as an extension of my home. I really want to go back to work.”
—Staff writer Samuel Y. Weinstock can be reached at sweinstock@college.harvard.edu.
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This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:
CORRECTION: Feb. 18
An earlier version of this article stated that the two employees who were dismissed and then rehired by Unicco were custodians at Harvard Business School. In fact, the two custodians worked at Harvard College.