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January 31, 2008

Janitors' strike looms for PC Family weekend

Providence College janitors are planning to go on strike in less than 12 hours if they do not reach an agreement with their employer, Hurley of America, Inc.

And they’re not optimistic that much will change between now and midnight, when the janitors’ contract expires.

“It doesn’t seem likely,” said Roxana Rivera, the Rhode Island director for SEIU Local 615.

The sticking points on the contract, Rivera said, include pension and wage increases over a 5-year period, and the number of days employees can take off.

If the workers and the Mass.-based Hurley cannot come to an agreement by midnight, the janitors will strike this weekend, the college’s upperclassmen family weekend, tomorrow through Sunday.

“We believe this is a great opportunity to emphasize that the sacrifice parents make for their kids to PC,” Rivera said, “are not unlike the sacrifices that the janitors make for their families.”

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson

Posted by Brandie Jefferson  at 12:28 PM | Permalink

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