Campus sheds light on rationale for insourcing formerly subcontracted workers

By Ericka Shin

After more than a year of demonstrations by campus subcontracted workers, UC Berkeley has decided to officially insource some of its subcontracted staff, primarily for campus community-oriented purposes.

UC Berkeley reached this decision March 18 as a result of its desire to improve building accessibility for students and faculty, the expiration of its contract with the company that directly employs the campus’s parking attendants and increasing concerns within the community about low-wage workers, according to an email from campus spokesperson Dan Mogulof.

Since last summer, the campus has been working to insource the custodial night staff for “operational reasons” aimed at increasing “academic and administrative use of buildings during the early evening,” Mogulof said in the email.

But the recent agreement — reached by campus labor relations and administrative staff, the UC Office of the President’s labor relations staff and AFSCME — adds to the campus’s existing insourcing plan, Mogulof’s email said.

“This agreement builds on the plan and streamlines the hiring process,” Mogulof said in his email.

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[Source]: Daily Californian