Harvard Grad Student Union Set to Strike Tuesday as Last Bargaining Session Yields Little Movement

Source: The Crimson

By Noah A. Ferris, Crimson Staff Writer
10 hours ago

Harvard’s graduate student union is set to strike Tuesday morning after a Monday bargaining session — the last scheduled before the union’s midnight deadline — sidestepped the economic issues at the center of the dispute.

The Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Auto Workers told members in a Monday evening email to “expect to be on strike” as of 6 a.m. Tuesday. Union leaders are convening Monday night to formally confirm the walkout, but said only substantial progress toward a contract would prompt them to call it off.

Lindsey E. Adams, an at-large member of the HGSU-UAW bargaining committee, said Monday’s one-hour session had “no bearing” on the union’s decision to strike.

“Our graduate student workers will be on strike following a disappointing bargaining session where Harvard did not engage with us on most of our core issues,” Adams said.


Harvard's graduate student union is set to strike Tuesday morning after a Monday bargaining session yielded little movement on core economic issues at the center of the dispute. | By Finn R. Berard

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