July 2021Volume 1Issue 10Read previous issues Scroll down to read about: State of contract negotiations and organizing Meet your new CEEC co-chairs Why your colleagues are organizing towards a strike Labor links Contract extended but negotiations proceed slowly June was a pivotal month for our second contract campaign. The Union and the University exchanged over …
June 2021Volume 1Issue 9Read previous issues Scroll down to read about: Bargaining under the threat of contract expiration Job posting website coming soon Summer organizing & socializing poll Solidarity updates Labor links Bargaining heats up as contract expiration looms Since last month, we have scheduled three additional bargaining sessions. The remaining bargaining sessions for June …
My name is Jack Cordes and I am a G3 in Population Health Sciences representing the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) on your Bargaining Committee (BC). Tuesday, we had our 9th bargaining session with the University. With the contract expiring on June 30th, we have little time remaining to secure adequate protections …
Our names are Aparna Gopalan and Sebastian Rowe. Aparna is a G4 in Anthropology and represents the Humanities and Social Sciences on your Bargaining Committee (BC), and Sebastian is a G2 in Chemical Biology and is a Bargaining Steward. We are down to the wire: one month and just three more scheduled bargaining sessions before …
Bargaining update #9: Nearing ✅ on 3 proposals 🛑 17 more to go‼️ Read More »
May 2021Volume 1Issue 8Read previous issues Scroll down to read about: Updates at the table from your Bargaining Committee Summer organizing with your union Benefit fund deadlines 5/21 and 6/1 Planning for a fall return to campus HGSU glossary Labor links Building urgency around our second contract campaign As of May 18, the Bargaining Committee …
Our names are Cory McCartan and Maya Anjur-Dietrich, and we are members of your Bargaining Committee from the SEAS & Cambridge Sciences division! Today, we met with the university bargaining team for our seventh bargaining session. At this point, we have four sessions left before our current contract expires. The university has yet to move …
Bargaining update #8: Contract expires soon; A Statement on Palestine’s General Strike Read More »
My name is Sebastian Spitz, I am a 3L at HLS and a union steward. Yesterday’s bargaining session was my fourth time attending bargaining, and it was perhaps the most important one yet, with five student workers testifying about the inadequacy of Harvard’s Title IX process to address student workers’ needs, and the necessity of …
Bargaining Update #7: Harassment Testimony and Health Care Read More »
I’m Vicki, a member of your bargaining committee! Yesterday, we had our fifth bargaining session with Harvard. We covered a number of economic articles, and we also discussed the University’s counter on Article 7 (Non-discrimination). The number of observers in the room just keeps growing! We need you in the room next Thursday, May 6th …
April 2021Volume 1Issue 7Read previous issues Scroll down to read about: Second contract bargaining progress Democracy in the UAW PRO Act labor legislation Contract enforcement: your union in action Labor links Here’s what you’ve missed in bargaining: Since March, the HGSU Bargaining Committee has met with the University four times for bargaining sessions. These sessions …
Our names are Ash and Koby, your non-binary bargaining tag-team, and we are members of your Bargaining Committee! On an early Monday morning, we had our fourth bargaining session with Harvard’s team and over 30 Union observers. Briefly, here’s what we covered during our meeting: Article 8: RetaliationTo work toward a more just workplace for …
