Harvard’s graduate student union delivered a letter to University administrators Thursday morning signed by more than 500 graduate students pledging to organize a strike if contract negotiations between Harvard and the union are not resolved by June 30.
“We hope that Harvard will join us in reaching an agreement and avoid a strike, but we cannot accept an agreement that does not improve living conditions and working standards for all of us,” the letter states. “We are writing to inform you that if Harvard continues to reject essential improvements and protections, [Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Automobile Workers] will hold a strike authorization vote.”