Threat to quality, safety, campus security and standing in community posed by misguided practice
UNION…A unified campus community is calling on Kean University President Dawood Farahi and the Board of Trustees to stop outsourcing vital campus jobs as part of a good-faith effort to restore the University’s standing in the community, save money and safeguard campus security. “Outsourcing of skilled trades and janitorial services at Kean is simply costing way too much,” said Kean mechanic Steve Pinto, chapter President of the International Federation of Professional, Technical Engineers (IFPTE), local 195, which represents approximately 135 janitors, skilled-trades workers, security officers and campus transportation workers. “Our members are committed to the campus and to Kean so it is a mistake to replace them with outside contractors, who cost more and can do less.”
Kean University Faculty, Staff and Students Oppose Campus Outsourcing
