ATLANTA (AP) Emails obtained by a campus workers group show that a contractor who runs dormitories at eight public universities in Georgia laid off workers and cut back on maintenance over the summer, raising questions about whether the company was violating its contract with the University System of Georgia at the same time it was complaining of financial stress.
The United Campus Workers of Georgia, a union that seeks to represent employees on all 26 public campuses in Georgia, says the system s struggle with Rhode Island-based Corvias shows the pitfalls of privatizing operations such as residence halls. Part of the Communication Workers of America, the union wants the system to avoid any future privatization deals, which would help guarantee jobs for university employees in the future.
Steve Mensch, who oversees operations at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, says just a few months into the pandemic last year, the studio started quarantining hundreds of cast and crew members in on-site housing.
He says that created a blueprint of how to get back to work. Now, he says, they’re booked through the end of 2021.
“For the very first time, I have no space on the lot,” Mensch told the House Creative Arts and Entertainment committee on Wednesday. “Usually we’re able to squeeze a piece of work in here or there, but we are absolutely at capacity.”
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Emails show Georgia dorm contractor cut maintenance
By JEFF AMYMarch 12, 2021 GMT
ATLANTA (AP) Emails obtained by a campus workers’ group show that a contractor who runs dormitories at eight public universities in Georgia laid off workers and cut back on maintenance over the summer, raising questions about whether the company was violating its contract with the University System of Georgia at the same time it was complaining of financial stress.
The United Campus Workers of Georgia, a union that seeks to represent employees on all 26 public campuses in Georgia, says the system’s struggle with Rhode Island-based Corvias shows the pitfalls of privatizing operations such as residence halls. Part of the Communication Workers of America, the union wants the system to avoid any future privatization deals, which would help guarantee jobs for university employees in the future.
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