by Justin | Nov 18, 2020 | Harvard University, HGSU - UAW Local 5118
HGSU-UAW President Brandon J. Mancilla and Vice President Marisa J. Borreggine said in a written statement they have “provided ample support and information to the administration to make for a smooth contract implementation.” “We know firsthand that the implementation...
by Justin | Oct 6, 2020 | Graduate Workers, HGSU - UAW Local 5118, President Donald Trump
Organizers for Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Automobile Workers are circulating a petition that calls on Vice Provost for International Affairs Mark C. Elliott and the Harvard International Office to act in opposition to the Trump administration’s proposed...
by Justin | Sep 25, 2020 | Graduate Workers, HGSU - UAW Local 5118
Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Automobile Workers underwent a series of restructuring processes after winning their first contract earlier this summer, officially establishing themselves as HGSU-UAW Local 5118.Part of the process of operating an organized...
by Justin | Sep 25, 2020 | Graduate Workers, HGSU - UAW Local 5118
As it begins its first semester as a fully operational local, Harvard’s graduate student union is alleging that the University is attempting to defund the union and impede its organizing by not deducting union dues for student workers, union president Brandon J....
by Justin | Aug 22, 2020 | Graduate Workers, HGSU - UAW Local 5118
In the wake of the Office of the General Counsel’s long-awaited report on Harvard’s ties to Jeffrey E. Epstein, student groups across the University penned a letter to Harvard administrators calling for more transparency about new gift policies. Student...
by Justin | Jul 14, 2020 | Graduate Workers, HGSU - UAW Local 5118, Postdoctoral Researchers, Social Issues
The U.S. backed down from a high-profile confrontation with Harvard University, MIT and hundreds of other colleges over foreign-student visas, ending a standoff that could have sent thousands of students back to their home countries and left schools scrambling to plan...