Labor
Medical School’s Decision To Cut 31 Custodial Contract Jobs Prompts Outcry
The Medical School is citing financial constraints for a move that has prompted criticism from the labor union that represents the workers and the circulation of an online petition opposing the decision.
Boss Harvard
After completing the longest contract negotiations in the union's history, HUCTW members feel that Harvard can do more to maintain ideal standards for its non-faculty members.
Boss Harvard
In the wake of these difficult discussions, University employees have raised concerns over the nature of Harvard’s approach to labor relations after the financial crisis.
Preview: The Just Crust
There's a striking difference between the logo of The Upper Crust pizzeria and that of its replacement on Brattle Street, The Just Crust. While The Upper Crust sign depicted the elite image of a butler figure carrying pizza, the door now features the emblem of a worker triumphantly holding up the sign for The Just Crust.
Union Holds Rally for Higher Wages
Students and members of the Harvard University Security, Parking, and Museum Guard Union rallied outside of Widener Library on Monday to call attention to the union’s ongoing contract negotiations with the University.
With Negotiations Stalled, Police Union and University Disagree on Wage Increases
Eleven months after negotiations began and nine months after their contract expired, representatives from the Harvard University Police Association expressed continued frustration with the stalled progress in their conversations with the University.
Employees, Students Protest Against University Financial Services, Citing Discriminatory Layoffs
Around 25 Harvard employees and students gathered in front of the Holyoke Center on Tuesday afternoon to protest what they allege to be the discriminatory layoffs of three workers at University Financial Services.
DoubleTree Hotel Workers Allege Illegal Interference With Unionization Process
Employees of the DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Boston, which is housed in a Harvard-owned building, filed charges of unfair labor practices on Wednesday alleging that management illegally interfered with their unionization process.
Ratification of HUCTW Contract Ends Longest Ever Negotiations
Members of the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers voted to ratify their new contract on Tuesday, marking the official end of the union’s longest ever negotiations with the University.
Federal Court Rejects Faculty Club Lawsuit, Wait Staff Allegations Return to State Court
The U.S. District Court of Massachusetts denied Harvard’s request last week to try a class-action lawsuit in federal court filed against the University by the wait staff at Loeb House and the Harvard Faculty Club.
A Taste of HUDS
“I grew up on a farm; my father was a farmer. I could walk out into the field and pick peas and eat them off the vine.” Crista Martin, director of communications for Harvard University Dining Services, sits on a swivel office chair surrounded by piles of papers.
HUCTW Workers Celebrate Contract Deal
Workers from the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers stood in front of Mass Hall one last time Tuesday to celebrate the conclusion of the union’s longest ever negotiations with the University.
Employees of DoubleTree Suites Consider Joining Union
A delegation of workers at the Harvard-owned DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Boston, which is housed in a Harvard-owned building, presented hotel management with a petition Monday delcaring worker intentions to start the process of considering unionization.
