The strike, which will be the union’s second in two years, comes as Harvard’s endowment, already the largest college fund in the world, grew to over $53 billion during the pandemic and as the university reported a surplus operating budget of $283 million.
“I don’t see logic anymore between [Harvard] not only having all this money and resources but being very proud and flaunting it. And at the same time, saying it wouldn’t be financially prudent to pay anyone a living wage,” said HGSU President Brandon Mancilla