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Amann S. Mahajan

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Securitas
Labor

Security Guards Present Wage, Leave Proposals at First Bargaining Session

Harvard security guards presented proposals asking for wage increases that keep up with inflation and expanded retirement options during their first bargaining session with Securitas Security Services on Wednesday.

HUWU Poster at Activities Fair
Student Life

Harvard’s Undergrad Workers Unionized 2 Years Ago. Their First Contract Is Still Nowhere in Sight.

Nearly two years after unionizing, Harvard’s undergraduate worker union is nowhere near a first contract, leaving student workers stranded as the University closes several of their workplaces.

SEIU 32BJ Rally on Oct. 7
Labor

Harvard Custodians Open Contract Negotiations With Wage and Benefit Requests

Harvard custodians presented a suite of economic proposals to University officials at their first bargaining session on Tuesday, asking for raises to compensate for inflation since the pandemic began.

Harvard Academic Workers Union
Labor

Harvard Proposes Yearlong Wage Freeze to Non-Tenure Track Faculty Union

Harvard proposed keeping non-tenure-track faculty salaries flat through June 2026 during negotiations with their union on Thursday — an early sign that the University will resist major wage increases as it weathers a funding crisis.

HGSU Protestors Demand Higher Wages
Central Administration

Grad Union Stands to Make More Than $1 Million in Annual Dues if Agency Shop Proposal Passes

When Harvard removed more than 900 students from the graduate student union’s bargaining unit in July, the union lost not just 450 official members, but $20,000 in monthly union fees.

Thomas P O'Neill Federal Building
HUPD

Harvard Police Union Accuses University of Withholding Information

The union representing Harvard’s police officers accused the University of withholding the report from an investigation of a dispute between two officers, making their first public arguments in front of the National Labor Relations Board since the complaint was filed last year.

Harvard Graduate Students Union
Labor

Harvard Rejects Grad Union Request to Charge Fees of All Represented Workers

Harvard denied its graduate student union’s long-held request to require represented workers to pay union fees during contract negotiations on Thursday, ratcheting up tensions at the bargaining table as the school year begins.

Math Students in Science Center
College

Harvard Docks Course Assistant Pay, Cuts Back on Undergraduate Hiring

Harvard College cut course assistant pay in some departments by $2 and has begun reducing teaching assistant positions for undergraduates amid University-wide budget cuts.

HGSU-UAW
Labor

Harvard Grad Union Requests Academic Freedom Protections in New Contract Proposal

Harvard’s graduate student union requested that the University guarantee academic freedom protections for graduate students’ teaching and research pursuits in a new contract proposal on Thursday, joining a growing roster of graduate unions that have requested similar provisions in recent years.

Union Strong Sign From 2019 HGSU-UAW Contract Negotiations
FAS

‘Harder for All of Us’: Confusion Reigns After Harvard Excludes 900 Grad Students From Union

Harvard removed more than 900 students on research-based stipends from representation under its graduate student union in July. More than a month later, they’re still searching for clarity — and getting few answers.

Capital One
Harvard Square

Cambridge Police Arrest 3 Participants in Harvard Square Pro-Palestine Protest

Cambridge police arrested three people and used a chemical irritant to disperse a pro-Palestine demonstration in Harvard Square on Sunday morning, marking the first major altercation at a protest near the University’s campus in months.

Massachusetts Hall
Labor

Campus Unions Ask Harvard To Pledge Worker Protections as Federal Cuts Prompt Layoffs

Harvard’s five largest campus unions urged the University to pledge to a suite of worker protections amid federal attacks in a Monday letter emailed to Harvard’s top officials.

Custodians 32BJ rally
Labor

Harvard Custodians Withdraw Petition to Decertify Union

A Harvard custodian withdrew a petition to decertify the union representing University custodians last week, saying he hopes to gauge the union’s response before moving further in a campaign to replace it.

OGC Search Mass Hall
Labor

Harvard Removes 800 Students From Grad Union, Claiming They Are Not Employees

Harvard will remove more than 800 students on research-based stipends from its graduate student union, capitalizing on recent National Labor Relations Board rulings to deal a crushing blow to student labor organizing.

Harvard Graduate Student Union
Labor

Harvard Grad Union Contract Expires With Months of Negotiations Still Ahead

Harvard’s graduate student union contract expired on Tuesday amid ongoing negotiations with the University for a new agreement.

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