Unionization
The Grad Student Strike is Over. What’s Next for Student Workers?
Harvard’s graduate student union reflected on its three-day strike at a membership-wide meeting Tuesday evening, discussing the University’s request for strikers to log hours of work withheld and next steps, including the possibility for a second strike.
Strike Day 3: Demonstrators Interrupt Bacow’s Parents’ Weekend Speech
More than three dozen students and supporters of the graduate student union interrupted a speech by University President Lawrence S. Bacow in Sanders Theatre Friday afternoon.
Undergrads Walk Out of Class in Support of Grad Student Strike
At approximately 11:35 a.m. on Thursday, undergraduates swiftly walked out of their classrooms into Harvard Yard and adjacent buildings to join the Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Automobile Workers on the second day of their strike.
Strike Day 2: Tensions Rise with Harvard Police Amid Undergrad Walkouts, Official Endorsements
Tensions with Harvard police, undergraduate walkouts, and support from public officials and student groups marked the second day of Harvard’s graduate student union strike.
Picketers at Smith Campus Center
On both Wednesday and Thursday, picketers circled around the entrance to the Smith Campus Center, attempting to prevent Harvard affiliates from entering the building. This picketing technique forces others to “cross the picket line” in order to attend lectures, visit office hours, or access labs.
First Day of Grad Union Strike Disrupts Classes, Causes Confusion
The first day of the Harvard graduate student union strike disrupted undergraduate courses as the union formed picket lines to discourage students from attending class.
Harvard’s Grad Student Strike, Explained: How Did We Get Here, and What’s Next?
Graduate and undergraduate student workers and their supporters are headed to picket lines in Harvard Yard and Longwood, with the union’s bargaining committee confirming Tuesday night that the strike will begin at 6 a.m.
Harvard Graduate Student Union to Begin Strike at 6 a.m.
For the second time in two years, Harvard’s graduate student workers will trade teaching and research for the picket lines as their union begins a three-day strike at 6 a.m. Wednesday, with picketing to set to start at 9 a.m. at Harvard Yard and the Longwood campus.
‘An Important Breakthrough on Both Sides’: Grad Student Union Concedes Demand for Title IX Third-Party Arbitration
In a bargaining session a week before its Wednesday strike deadline, Harvard’s graduate student union conceded its demand for third-party arbitration of gender- and sex-based harassment and discrimination claims.
Labor Experts Say Grad Student Union’s Impending Three-Day Strike Duration Is Unsurprising
As the threat of a three-day graduate student strike looms over campus, labor experts said it is fairly common for unions to strike for short periods.
Harvard Clerical and Technical Workers Reach One-Year Tentative Agreement With University
After five months of negotiations, Harvard’s clerical and technical workers union, which represents more than 5,000 workers as the University’s largest union, reached a one-year tentative agreement with the University Wednesday.
Graduate Students Union Sets Oct. 27 Negotiation Deadline, Plans Three-Day Strike
On Wednesday, the Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Automobile Workers threatened a three-day strike beginning Oct. 27 if the University does not move closer to the union’s demands.
On Eve of Contract Negotiations, Harvard Custodians Rally Against Their Own Union Leadership
Approximately 25 Harvard custodians rallied in Science Center Plaza Friday, asking the University to postpone the opening of negotiations with their union — set for Wednesday — until intraunion conflicts are resolved.
Employees at Local Coffee Shops Forge Ahead With Unionization Efforts
Harvard Square coffee chains Pavement Coffeehouse and Darwin’s Ltd. have moved to unionize in recent months as the stores seek to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Darwins Square Unionization
Workers at Darwin's, pictured above, and Pavement, two Harvard Square coffee shops, have recently started campaigning for unionization.