HGSU Strike
First Day of Grad Union Strike Disrupts Classes, Causes Confusion
The first day of the Harvard graduate student union strike disrupted undergraduate courses as the union formed picket lines to discourage students from attending class.
Strike Day 1: Graduate Students Begin Picketing in Harvard Yard and Longwood
Shouts echoed across campus Wednesday as Harvard’s graduate student union launched a three-day strike, its second walkout in two years.
Strike Academic Events
Harvard graduate student union members formed a picket line in front of Lecture Hall C in the Science Center Wednesday afternoon.
Strike Day 1
Members of Harvard's graduate student union walk through Harvard Yard with picket signs. Their three-day strike commenced Wednesday morning.
Harvard’s Grad Student Strike, Explained: How Did We Get Here, and What’s Next?
Graduate and undergraduate student workers and their supporters are headed to picket lines in Harvard Yard and Longwood, with the union’s bargaining committee confirming Tuesday night that the strike will begin at 6 a.m.
Harvard Graduate Student Union to Begin Strike at 6 a.m.
For the second time in two years, Harvard’s graduate student workers will trade teaching and research for the picket lines as their union begins a three-day strike at 6 a.m. Wednesday, with picketing to set to start at 9 a.m. at Harvard Yard and the Longwood campus.
‘An Important Breakthrough on Both Sides’: Grad Student Union Concedes Demand for Title IX Third-Party Arbitration
In a bargaining session a week before its Wednesday strike deadline, Harvard’s graduate student union conceded its demand for third-party arbitration of gender- and sex-based harassment and discrimination claims.
UC Supports Grad Student Union, Subsidizes Printing and Laundry Costs
The Harvard Undergraduate Council passed legislation to officially stand behind Harvard graduate student workers ahead of a potential strike and to extend funds to support financial aid-eligible students’ printing and laundry costs.
Labor Experts Say Grad Student Union’s Impending Three-Day Strike Duration Is Unsurprising
As the threat of a three-day graduate student strike looms over campus, labor experts said it is fairly common for unions to strike for short periods.
Harvard Graduate Council Mulls Shopping Week, Graduate Student Strike at Monday Meeting
Harvard Graduate Council members mulled the potential impacts of reinstating shopping week and as well as an imminent three-day strike by the University’s graduate student union during a public meeting Monday.
Khurana Says College Will Maintain Academic Continuity in Event of Grad Student Strike
With the graduate student union poised to stage a walkout in the coming days, Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana said Friday that the College is making plans to maintain academic continuity.
Graduate Students Union Sets Oct. 27 Negotiation Deadline, Plans Three-Day Strike
On Wednesday, the Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Automobile Workers threatened a three-day strike beginning Oct. 27 if the University does not move closer to the union’s demands.
Roughly 92% of Voters Authorize Grad Student Union Strike
Harvard’s graduate student union voted overwhelmingly to authorize what would be its second strike in two years, union officials announced late Thursday.
HGSU SAV Vote
Andrew Bergman, a member of the Executive Board of the Harvard Graduate Students Union, converses with two students on the Science Center Plaza.
Two Years, Two Votes: Harvard Student Workers Go to Polls in Strike Authorization Vote
For the second time in two years, members of Harvard’s graduate student union went to the polls Monday — both online and in-person — to decide whether to authorize their Bargaining Committee to call for a strike.
