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Harvard, Union Hash Out Immigration Policies Amid National ICE Raid Wave

Harvard agreed to provide non-tenure-track employees with paid leave during immigration proceedings, but declined to commit to sponsoring legal permanent residency applications in a contract counter proposal presented on Monday.


At Harvard, Grad Student Parents Navigate a Patchwork of Programs To Keep Up With Costs

Harvard has increased graduate student compensation to keep pace with rising costs of living. But many students still struggle with the costs of raising a family — whether because of scattered resources and program eligibility requirements at Harvard, or sky-high prices in Cambridge.


Harvard Freezes Hiring Amid Anxiety Over Trump

Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 announced a University-wide staff and faculty hiring freeze in a message to Harvard affiliates Monday morning, citing uncertainty under the Trump administration.


Harvard, Graduate Student Union Clash Over Bargaining Observation

Negotiations for the Harvard graduate students union’s third contract got off to a rocky start last week, when University officials canceled the first bargaining session just hours before it was scheduled to begin over a dispute about meeting attendance.


Harvard Students Walk Out of Class To Protest Time Caps for Academic Workers

More than 200 Harvard affiliates rallied outside University Hall on Tuesday afternoon to protest time caps for non-tenure-track faculty, amid an extended campaign by the campus academic workers’ union to end the practice.


Non-Tenure Track Faculty Deliver Petition on Time Caps to Harvard President Garber

Non-tenure-track faculty delivered a petition with almost 1,400 signatures calling for an end to time caps to top Harvard officials on Thursday as the group’s new union bargains for its first contract with the University.


Harvard Offers Just Cause Protections to Unionized Undergraduate Workers

At the Monday session, the first of 2025, members of Harvard Undergraduate Workers Union-United Auto Workers — which represents 400 student workers in non-academic jobs — presented proposals to extend grievance filing deadlines, guarantee minimum work schedules, and alter employment letters.


Mass General Brigham Announces Mass Layoffs for Administrative Employees

Mass General Brigham announced layoffs for hundreds of administrative and management employees on Monday in anticipation of a $250 million budget gap, an unprecedented decision for Massachusetts’ largest private employer.


Harvard Offers To Remove Time Caps for Preceptors in Union Negotiations

Harvard has agreed to end term limits on preceptor positions as part of a bargaining proposal offered to Harvard’s union for non-tenure-track faculty at a bargaining session on Thursday, walking back a firm line against changing the structure of academic employment.


Graduate Students’ Union Withdraws Unfair Labor Practice Charge Alleging Encampment Surveillance

Harvard’s graduate student union withdrew a labor complaint that accused the University of violating workers’ rights during the spring pro-Palestine encampment last month, citing concerns about changes to the U.S. labor board under the Trump administration.


Graduate School of Education Lecturer Sues Harvard Over Monthly Payments

Harvard Graduate School of Education adjunct lecturer Kimm Topping filed a class-action lawsuit against Harvard in January, alleging the University paid them less frequently than required by Massachusetts law.


Graduate Students’ Union Weighs Bargaining Priorities Ahead of Third Contract Negotiation

Harvard graduate student union organizers presented articles for the union’s third contract in a general membership meeting on Thursday, the first major step toward bargaining with the University later this semester.


Beth Israel Medical Center Residents and Fellows Vote to Unionize

Residents and fellows at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center voted to unionize with 83 percent in favor on Wednesday, joining the Service Employees International Union’s Committee of Interns and Residents.


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