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Unionization

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Central Administration

Harvard Grad Union Agrees To Bargain Without Ground Rules

Harvard’s graduate student union agreed to negotiate its third contract with the University without ground rules on Friday, after the two sides were unable to agree on policies for bargaining observation.

Harvard Academic Workers Union
Labor

Harvard, Union Hash Out Immigration Policies Amid National ICE Raid Wave

Harvard agreed to provide non-tenure-track employees with paid leave during immigration proceedings, but declined to commit to sponsoring legal permanent residency applications in a contract counter proposal presented on Monday.

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Labor

Harvard, Graduate Student Union Clash Over Bargaining Observation

Negotiations for the Harvard graduate students union’s third contract got off to a rocky start last week, when University officials canceled the first bargaining session just hours before it was scheduled to begin over a dispute about meeting attendance.

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Labor

Boston Doctors Lead the Medical Unionization Wave

After more than a year of negotiations over their first contract, residents at Mass General Brigham sensed growing momentum for a strike action in January.

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Student Life

Harvard Offers Just Cause Protections to Unionized Undergraduate Workers

At the Monday session, the first of 2025, members of Harvard Undergraduate Workers Union-United Auto Workers — which represents 400 student workers in non-academic jobs — presented proposals to extend grievance filing deadlines, guarantee minimum work schedules, and alter employment letters.

HGSU Living Wage Rally
Labor

In Major Year for Labor, Five Campus Unions Head to Bargaining Table

More than 10,500 Harvard workers, represented by five unions, will negotiate new contracts with the University in 2025, setting the stage for a remarkable year in Harvard labor relations.

MGH Psychedelics
Labor

Union Contract Negotiations Stall for Residents and Fellows at Mass General Brigham

Residents and fellows at Mass General Brigham began federal mediation with the hospital system last week to settle their first union contract, reaching a deadlock after 13 months of negotiations.

Cambridge Health Alliance
City Politics

Cambridge Health Alliance Clinicians File for Unionization With Mass. Labor Relations

Approximately 230 physicians, psychologists, and physician associates at Cambridge Health Alliance filed for unionization last Thursday with the Massachusetts Department of Labor Relations as State Health And Research Employees.

Mass General Hospital
Harvard Medical School

About 300 Mass General Brigham Primary Care Physicians File NLRB Petition to Unionize

Nearly 300 primary care physicians at Mass General Brigham filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board indicating their intent to unionize.

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Graduate School of Design

Harvard Graduate School of Design Fabrication Lab Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Unionize

Student workers at the Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Fabrication Lab voted 69-4 on Tuesday to unionize.

Time Caps Protesters
College

Harvard Academic Workers Union Release Report on ‘Demoralizing and Degrading’ Time Caps

More than 90 percent of 341 surveyed students, alumni, and faculty in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences called for abolishing time caps, Harvard Academic Workers-United Auto Workers presented in a Wednesday report.

School of Design
Graduate School of Design

Harvard Design School Fabrication Lab Workers File for Unionization

Nearly 100 employees at the Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Fabrication Lab filed for unionization on Oct. 4.

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Politics

Massachusetts to Vote on Rideshare Driver Unionization in Ballot Question 3

As Massachusetts voters head to the polls, Ballot Question 3 will let them decide whether Uber and Lyft drivers will be able to form unions to negotiate their wages, benefits, and working conditions.

Harvard Undergraduate Workers Sign
Student Life

Harvard Undergrad Workers Union Struggles to Fill Bargaining Committee

The Harvard Undergraduate Workers Union-United Auto Workers has been negotiating at half capacity. After losing five members over the summer, the bargaining committee of HUWU-UAW only has five members — of nine total positions — one of whom is still in training.

Harvard Academic Workers Union
Labor

Harvard Academic Workers Union Circulates Petition to Ban Time Caps

Harvard Academic Workers-United Auto Workers began circulating a petition on Monday calling for the abolishment of time caps for non-tenure track faculty at Harvard.

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