Officers Rights Being Violated All Across Campus....

Most officers are fully aware that job openings are filled by new hires without jobs first being posted for existing members. This is a clear violation of Article 33 of our contract with Allied.

When jobs go unposted it violates a members rights to relocate to a better area/job post, change shifts, to have set days off, etc.

Regardless of a officers reasoning for wanting to change posts the fact remains that they have a right to do so as long as they bid on the job within the time limits of the job posting and are the most senior officer meeting the job qualifications who bid on the job within the time limits set.

After a job has been posted and the time limit expires for existing officers to apply and providing no existing member bid then and only then Allied has the right to fill the position with a new hire.

We cannot continue to allow Allied to violate members rights and we all must be willing to stand up and fight back. Any member who feels they didn't have the opportunity to bid on a job for any reason (new hire, existing member with less seniority given job that went unposted, etc.) and feels their rights were violated needs to contact a shop steward immediately to have them file a grievance on their behalf. The more grievances filed the quicker Allied will acknowledge the members refuse to allow them to disrespect and violate their rights and get the matter resolved.

Members fought a long hard battle to earn these rights and everyone needs to help fight to protect these rights. Contact a shop steward today!

Shop Stewards List

Main Campus: Emmanuel Atiogbe, Misty McGowan, Najeeb Hussain, Roger Anderson, Irshad Ahmed, Paul Kane, Emeka Onyeagoro, and Mohamed Khellafi

Longwood Campus: Dominick DeLoretta, Arlene Yarde, and Eustance Pollard

Business School: Ed Flaherty and Bill Connelly

Southborough Campus: Betty Maitland

Kennedy School: Angie Cavallaro

Local Union Organizer

Matt Gulish 617-878-7555
mgulish@seiu615.org