by Justin | Nov 9, 2021 | Columbia University, GSOC-UAW 2110, Harvard University, HGSU - UAW Local 5118, New York University, Student Workers of Columbia
From the Ivy League to the West Coast, graduate student workers are going on strike because of low pay and meager benefits. Graduate union strikes deserve our solidarity as they pave the way for labor struggles nationwide. Read the article here.
by Justin | Nov 9, 2021 | Harvard University, HGSU - UAW Local 5118
Just 10 days after its last strike, Harvard’s graduate student union announced a new strike deadline Monday — if the University does not address its “unfair labor practices” and offer an “acceptable deal” by Nov. 16, student workers will go on a “strike of...
by Justin | Nov 5, 2021 | Administration Caucus, Columbia University, Harvard University, HGSU - UAW Local 5118, Labor Notes, One Member One Vote, Referendum Vote, Student Workers of Columbia, UAW Corruption Scandal
Higher education workers aren’t just joining their UAW brothers and sisters on the picket lines. They’re also on the front lines of the struggle to win direct elections of top UAW officers and break the decades-long one-party control of the union’s leadership...
by Justin | Nov 5, 2021 | Harvard University, HGSU - UAW Local 5118
Harvard has an extremely rich, centuries-old history of student protest, one that can be traced back to just two years after the College’s 17th century founding, when students rose up to protest against then-President Eaton’s use of physical beatings to impart...
by Justin | Oct 29, 2021 | Harvard University, HGSU - UAW Local 5118
Tensions with Harvard police, undergraduate walkouts, and support from public officials and student groups marked the second day of Harvard’s graduate student union strike. Read the article here.
by Justin | Oct 29, 2021 | Harvard University, HGSU - UAW Local 5118
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...
