Unionization
SLAM Speak Out Event
HUDS employees, Harvard students, and other Harvard affiliates gathered last Wednesday to talk about the proposed changes to the worker health insurance plan. The event was sponsored by the Student Labor Action Movement.
SLAM Speak-Out
HUDS employees, Harvard students, and other Harvard affiliates gather to talk about the proposed changes to the worker health insurance plan. The event was sponsored by the Student Labor Action Movement.
Graduate Student Council Meeting
At the meeting of the Graduate Student Council, students discussed and voted on a number of measures, including an activities fee and whether to support graduate students part of a movement to unionize.
Council Votes To ‘Support’ Students Involved in Union Effort
After a divided discussion on Wednesday, the Graduate Student Council ultimately voted to stand in support of members of a graduate student unionization movement.
Past Contract Deadline, Union Appeals to Public
Harvard’s largest union continues contract negotiations over healthcare three weeks after its previous contract expired, looking to appeal to the public through a poster campaign.
GSAS Dean Reaffirms Opposition to Grad Student Union
The student unionization effort, which follows similar movements at peer schools and went public last spring, is gaining steam, recruiting and soliciting signatures from potential members.
Grad Students Reiterate Call To Unionize at ‘Workers’ Event
Using pledge cards to gather supporters, the movement organizers are bringing in hundreds of GSAS students each week, according to John M. Nicoludis, a Chemistry graduate student.
Opposition to Union Crops Up at Grad Student Council Meeting
Some graduate students voiced concerns about a lack of information surrounding the unionization effort on Wednesday at an unusually crowded Graduate Student Council meeting.
Graduate Student Unionization Effort Launches Website
The website, harvardgradunion.org, appears to be part of a greater attempt to recruit new members to the effort.
Harvard and Union Bring in Mediators as Deadline Approaches
Contract negotiations between Harvard and its largest union are set to run past the Sept. 30 deadline.
Grad Student Union Effort Joins With United Auto Workers
The union of Harvard graduate students must expand its membership to include a simple majority of Graduate School of Arts and Sciences students as part of the legal requirements to form a union.
Graduate Student Union Leaders Try to Recruit New Members
Leaders of a group of Harvard graduate students seeking to unionize made a pitch for new members at the fall's first Graduate Student Council meeting.
Harvard and Union Negotiate as Deadline Approaches
If the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers and Harvard do not meet the Sept. 30 deadline, the union will likely continue to operate on its existing contract.
Faust Opposes Graduate Student Unionization Efforts
University President Drew G. Faust has made it clear that she opposes some graduate students' movement to unionize.
Union Negotiations Ongoing, Labor Director Murphy Departs
Harvard’s director of labor relations departed for Northeastern amid contract negotiations with the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers.
