by Justin | Jul 3, 2020 | Collective Bargaining, Graduate Workers, Harvard University, HGSU - UAW Local 5118
CAMBRIDGE, MA — Student workers at Harvard University made history today, voting in favor of ratifying their first union contract. The one-year contract agreement with the university will improve pay and benefits for over 4,000 student workers, and guarantee health...
by Justin | Jul 1, 2020 | Collective Bargaining, Graduate Workers, Harvard University, HGSU - UAW Local 5118
The contract — which will go into effect for one year on July 1 — was put up to a ratification vote after Harvard and the union reached a tentative agreement on June 16. Nearly 97 percent of student workers voted to approve the contract, the first in University...
by Justin | Jun 30, 2020 | Collective Bargaining, Graduate Workers, Harvard University, HGSU - UAW Local 5118
Per the HGSU-UAW 5118 Facebook page: Our first contract has been ratified by a 96.9% (2026-65) vote! It goes into effect tomorrow, July 1. This has been a long fight, and we are beyond proud of the rights and protections we have won for student workers at Harvard in...
by Justin | Jun 17, 2020 | Collective Bargaining, Harvard University, HGSU - UAW Local 5118, Organizing
After nearly two years of negotiations and a labor strike, teaching and research assistants at Harvard University will begin voting Tuesday on their first union contract. The deal would give the Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Automobile Workers solid footing...
by Justin | Jun 16, 2020 | Collective Bargaining, Harvard University, HGSU - UAW Local 5118
Bargaining teams for the University and its graduate student union reached a tentative one-year contract Monday, which they will now unanimously recommend to union members for ratification. The contract — the union’s first — represents the outgrowth of a 19-month...
by Joseph | Dec 10, 2019 | Collective Bargaining, Graduate Workers, Harvard University, HGSU - UAW Local 5118, UAW Local 2865
UAWD stands in solidarity with our Brothers and Sisters at both UAW Locals 5118 and 2865 as they fight for fair and just improvements to their working conditions at Harvard and UCSC, respectively. Harvard Graduate Students enter second week of strike Why are Harvard...
