Bargaining Update 1/23: Little Movement

Our last bargaining session underscored for the Bargaining Committee (BC) that we don’t have much of a partner across the table. Despite us having spent dozens of hours patiently explaining to the representatives of the Harvard Corporation the very real problems our...

Bargaining Updates from Dec / Next Session on Fri!

Welcome back! A lot has happened in the past few weeks. We write with updates from two bargaining sessions in December and a plea to help us track the administration’s plans to reduce NTT teaching positions for next year. But first, a reminder: Our next...

J-1 Compliant Deductible

Happy Holidays from Harvard Academic Workers Bargaining Committee! We are writing with a surprise gift, a reduced deductible for most of our workers.This year after Open Enrollment, a worker brought to our attention that 3 of the 4 health insurance plans would not...

HAW-UAW Bargaining Update: One agreement, a lot of frustration

TLDR: Management is falsely categorizing some colleagues as supervisors to exclude them from our union—let us know if this happens to you! We have a TA (tentative agreement) on Job Postings! The Corporation’s team did NOT have the Non-Citizen Workers’ Rights article...

A majority of us demand a contract now!

Show up on November 6 to win a strong contract! Sign up here to deliver the petition and attend bargaining! A majority of HAW-UAW has signed onto our demand for a fair contract now! Well over 1000 postdocs, lecturers, and researchers are joining together to...
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