General remarks regarding the custodians

1.     These remarks were written by a student who conducted several of the custodian interviews, Amira. She did a lovely job, and compiled a very thoughtful report. Here were her thoughts after concluding the interviews.

1.      I was surprised that none of the custodians mentioned anything about increasing their salaries even though I asked them indirectly about it several times.

2.      All the custodians really need to be treated with dignity. All they asked for was to be treated as human beings.  
3.      They were really happy with the project and each one of them individually told me that they hope that all the students at AUC can do this as well so that they get an idea of how hard their work is.  
4.      If we can’t get everyone at AUC to do a similar project they would appreciate it if we disseminate the video and they believe it would give staff an idea of how hard their work is and that we’re all the same.  
5.      They were extremely happy with the fact that we were wearing the uniform; because obviously that is the way many staff and faculty categorize them as inferior.
6.      The main requests of the custodians: equal treatment, their voices should be heard if they complaint about a supervisor or a team-leader, they should have the same rights as staff.