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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.

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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.

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.

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.

Blue Bottle Reopening
Harvard Square

Blue Bottle Workers Rally at Harvard Square Location to Protest Firing of Union Organizer

Around 10 Blue Bottle employees rallied outside the coffee chain’s Harvard Square location on Monday to demand the reinstatement of a barista who was fired last week.

Harvard Academic Workers Union
FAS

Harvard’s Academic Worker Union to Begin Contract Negotiations with the University

Harvard Academic Worker-United Auto Workers’s bargaining committee will meet representatives of the University on Thursday to begin negotiating for a contract.

Organizers with Buckets Cambridge Hospital Rally
Front Feature

Cambridge Hospital Fellows and Residents Rally for Salary, Benefits Increase

More than 60 medical residents and fellows gathered outside Cambridge Hospital Wednesday to rally for mental health benefits and an increase in resident salary, which they said was the lowest in the Boston area.

Harvard Graduate Student Union
Labor

Harvard Violated Contract With HGSU in Excluding Some Grad Students, Arbitrator Rules

An arbitrator ruled Friday that Harvard violated its 2021 contract with the Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Auto Workers by excluding lab-based psychology Ph.D. students from the union.

Graham & Parks
Cambridge Schools

Cambridge School Committee Approves Union Contracts for Paraprofessionals, Family Liaisons

The Cambridge School Committee approved contracts with paraprofessionals and family liaisons at a special meeting on Friday, following months of protests from school support staff.

Freshman Proctors Weld Hall
House Life

‘People Have Spoken’: Harvard Residential Advisors Vote Against Unionization

Both prospective units of the Harvard Union of Residential Advisors voted against unionization Wednesday, ending HURA’s year-long fight — including a two-months-long public campaign — to unionize Harvard’s residential tutors, proctors, and house aides.

HURA Anti-Union Harvard Yard
House Life

Harvard Residential Advisers Allege University Administrators Engaged in Union-Busting Tactics

Harvard Union of Residential Advisors organizers allege University administrators have engaged in “captive audience meetings” and anti-union messaging through emails to tutors, proctors, and house aides ahead of HURA’s union recognition elections.

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On Campus

‘Along for the Ride’: Harvard Residential Group Faces Fractures Ahead of Union Recognition Election

Two months ago, the Harvard Union of Residential Advisors began to unionize — but even as the group has publicly sped through the recognition process, tensions have steadily built within the union.

Harvard Graduate Students Union Rally
Labor

Nearly 500 Graduate Students Petition Harvard to Not Restrict Emergency Fund Access

Nearly 500 members of the HGSU-UAW signed a petition calling on Harvard to not limit graduate student emergency fund eligibility, which was delivered to top administrators in Mass. Hall during a Wednesday rally.

Harvard Graduate Student Union
FAS

Harvard Graduate Union’s BDS Caucus Circulates Letter Calling for Divestment From Israel

The HGSU-UAW’s BDS Caucus circulated a letter earlier this month calling on Harvard to investigate and divest from “companies and institutions involved in the ongoing attacks in Gaza.”

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