Labor
Graduate Students Await Columbia Unionization Ruling
A ruling in favor of unionization rights for graduate students at Columbia might prompt interest in a similar movement at Harvard.
Divest Harvard, SLAM Distribute Flyers at S’mores Event
University President Drew G. Faust said the event was meant to mark the end of a snowy winter and give thanks to “everyone who kept Harvard running smoothly” during the snowstorms that forced many Harvard schools to cancel classes.
Nearby Lesley University Faculty File To Unionize
Lesley professor Jason Pramas said a key issue among core faculty was the lack of control over curriculum and academic programs, an issue he does not see at Harvard.
HUCTW Prepares for Upcoming Negotiations
The Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers held its first of more than 60 planned strategy meetings in preparation for contract negotiations scheduled for late March.
University Benefits Committee Hosts Health Plan Info Session
The closed event, hosted at the Center for Workplace Development on Mount Auburn Street, featured a question-and-answer session with UBC affiliates.
After Weeks of Snowstorms, Union Leaders Look Towards Greater Flexibility
HUCTW leaders said they will push for greater opportunities for their members to work from home in upcoming labor negotiations.
Double Tree Rally
At left, Angela M. Leocata watches protesters speak at a rally in the Science Center Plaza on Thursday evening. Housekeepers at the Boston-Cambridge Double Tree Suites by Hilton Hotel went on strike on Thursday and staged a rally to protest working conditions at the hotel and pressure Hilton to agree to their preferred means of unionization.
DoubleTree Housekeepers Strike, Rally Attracts Hundreds
The strike marks the culmination of over a year of campaigning organized by a Massachusetts-based union that represents Harvard’s dining hall employees and the Student Labor Action Movement.
Harvard Union Hosts Panel on Reducing Healthcare Costs
Around 150 members of the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers and Harvard faculty gathered Monday to discuss strategies for improving employee health while keeping health care affordable.
Stillman Infirmary Will Be Shuttered in Health Services Reshuffling
Director of HUHS Paul Barreira said that the motivation for the changes came from a UHS analysis he helped conduct for a couple of years, in which he found that overnight urgent-hour services are underutilized.
Citing Workplace Injuries, DoubleTree Workers Call for Faust Meeting
Students, workers, and local politicians convened for a roundtable discussion Tuesday evening to discuss workplace hazards at the Boston-Cambridge DoubleTree Suites, which is located in a Harvard-owned building.
TFA Co-CEO Responds to SLAM Protesters, Defends Program
Teach For America co-CEO Matthew Kramer ’98 defended his organization on Wednesday in an interview with The Crimson.
Budget Claims Behind Health Plan Changes Don’t Add Up
The jump in costs that Hausammann described did take place, but over the course of only two years and more than a decade ago.
