I am Shani Cohen, a G3 in the economics department and a member of our bargaining committee! Yesterday, we met Harvard for another bargaining session in which they countered all of the open articles in the contract in another package proposal. With two more bargaining sessions to go until the contract expires (again!), we hoped …
No, Provost Garber, Raises < Inflation Are Not Enough For Us Read More »
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 »
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 …
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 …
Our names are Ricky Sanchez and Maya Anjur-Dietrich, and we are members of your Bargaining Committee! On Friday, we had our third bargaining session with the Harvard administration team, and we discussed some proposals we’d previously put forward, as well as one new proposal – Article 7 (harassment and discrimination). This session was especially exciting, …
Bargaining Update #4: 50 support members, work-from-home, #nocarveout, and more Read More »
Our names are Shani Cohen and Ash Tomaszewski, and we are on your bargaining committee. At our second bargaining session, HGSU and the University discussed several proposals on the table: Remote work: the University responded positively to the idea that the home should be recognized as a workplace during periods of remote work and that …
Bargaining Update #3: Positive Progress on Remote Work Read More »
My name is Brandon Mancilla and I am a G4 in the History department, the President of your union and a member of our bargaining committee. I am happy to announce that the voting period on your bargaining goals has concluded and you have approved them by a 99.8% margin. Below are the 6 major …
Bargaining Update #2: Our Goals for a Second Contract and the Beginning of Negotiations Read More »
