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Harvard Student Unionization: What’s at Stake
Harvard's student unionization effort is going to an NLRB hearing today. Here's a guide to who’s involved, what’s happened so far, and what’s at stake.
GSAS Students Petition Faust for Increased Immigration Support
Graduate students are calling on Faust to provide additional support for international and undocumented students amid uncertainties generated by Trump’s travel ban.
Admissions Cuts Concern Some Graduate Students
News that FAS will admit 4.4 percent fewer graduate students next year has precipitated concern and disappointment among some current graduate students.
Shopping Week Chaos
Though many undergraduates love the week for the flexibility it provides, for Harvard administrators, shopping week means not knowing the size of each course until the Course Registration Deadline.
In Second Meeting, GSAS Action Network Plans Advocacy Events
The GSAS Action Network, a graduate student advocacy group, will attend public meetings with members of Congress to discuss labor and environmental policies in the coming weeks, the group decided Monday.
NLRB To Consider Election Objections In Feb. 22 Hearing
The National Labor Relations Board will consider objections to Harvard’s student unionization election at a hearing Feb. 22 and deliberate over whether or not to call for a re-vote on the issue.
FAS Will Cut Grad Student Admissions by 4.4 Percent
The "drying up of some funds" has prompted Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences to reduce the number of admissions slots for graduate students this year.
After Cancelled Protest, Grad Students Call Congress
After a snowstorm forced graduate students to cancel a planned protest of Trump's anti-immigration order, graduate student organizers traded protest signs for phone lines
Grad Students Organize to Resist Trump
Progressive Action Network, a graduate student activism group, held its first-ever meeting Wednesday evening to organize advocacy efforts to resist President Donald Trump.
Harvard Moves to Dismiss Objection to Unionization Election
Harvard disputed union organizers’ objection to a November student unionization vote, arguing that the University provided accurate lists of eligible voters in the election.
Students Puzzle Over ‘Surprising’ Unionization Vote Count
For many students on both sides of the unionization question, the initial vote count and the stalled progress of the unionization effort is surprising.
NLRB Hearing on Unionization Election Disputes Set for Feb. 21
The National Labor Relations Board will begin a hearing Feb. 21 to decide which votes should be counted in the November election intended to decide whether eligible Harvard students form a union.
Student Union Organizers, Harvard Object To Unionization Vote
Harvard student union organizers filed an objection Thursday to a November election that could determine whether or not eligible students can form a union, arguing that the University may have prevented eligible voters from participating.
Harvard Student Unionization Vote Remains Too Close To Call
The National Labor Relations Board will hold hearings to determine the fate of Harvard’s student unionization effort after a vote count Thursday morning showed that the election remains too close to call.
Columbia Files Objections to 'Conduct' of Student Unionization Election
Columbia University has objected to the “conduct” of a vote permitting eligible students at the school to form a union and called for a new union election, arguing to the National Labor Relations Board that alleged voting day violations could have skewed the results of the election.
Columbia Students First to Unionize Following NLRB Ruling
An overwhelming majority of Columbia’s graduate and undergraduate teaching and research assistants voted in favor of forming a union.
Student Unionization Vote Count Will Extend Into December
Ballot boxes containing student votes have remained sealed for nearly two weeks, which is standard protocol until all questions about challenged ballots are resolved.
Unionization Vote Count Stalled by Large Number of Challenges
Around 1,000 challenged ballots have delayed a tally to determine whether or not eligible Harvard students voted to unionize.
Vote Count on Student Unionization Pushed to Tuesday
Officials at the National Labor Relations Board have not yet begun counting the ballots from last week's union election due to the time-consuming process of sifting through challenges.
Students Head to Voting Booths for First Day of Historic Student Union Election
Eligible graduate student research and teaching assistants, as well as undergraduate teaching assistants, cast their ballots for or against unionization at the Phillips Brooks House Association in Harvard Yard and the Dental School in Longwood.
Supporters and Opponents of Unionization Ramp Up Efforts as Vote Approaches
Students for and against graduate student unionization have escalated their organizing activity in preparation of the official vote on Wednesday and Thursday.
Deans Email Students Before Historic Union Vote
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith and Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Xiao-Li Meng wrote separate emails about the unionization vote to graduate students on Tuesday.
Unionization Polarization
Signs supporting and opposing the graduate students establishing a union are posted on the walls of the Maxwell Dworkin lobby Tuesday night. Wednesday marks the first day of voting on whether the graduate students will form a union.
Students Opposing Unionization Escalate Activity As Vote Nears
A loosely organized effort opposed to student unionization has escalated its activities in the leadup to this week’s vote on whether students from across Harvard’s graduate schools and the College will form a collective bargaining unit.
Dues Become Topic of Discussion Ahead of Student Union Vote
A student union—which, if approved, would include all eligible voters regardless of their preference—would collect fees from its members to pay for union services.