tl;dr: In four bargaining sessions over the past three weeks, admin has made their most significant concessions in over a year. But it’s not near enough—we must keep pushing. Our Strike Authorization Vote remains open. If you haven’t yet voted, go vote now! As always, if you have any questions about what’s going on, please…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 29, 2026PRESS CONTACT: Dr. J. Gregory Given Harvard Faculty Union Files Federal Labor Charge Against University Administration The charge, which comes as the Harvard Academic Workers (HAW-UAW) negotiates their first contract, alleges an illegal, unilateral increase of 50% to the workloads of teachers in the College’s Expository Writing Program. CAMBRIDGE, MA…
Remember to Participate in the Strike Authorization Vote! On Tuesday we had a particularly important bargaining session. We presented our Economic Package with 15 articles laying out our vision for the salaries and other economic benefits that we know are both necessary and long overdue. While there are significant outstanding non-economic issues that affect how our economic…
TLDR: Voting to authorize a strike opens on March 27th. Attend Cambridge and Longwood area town halls next week to learn more and make a plan to win a fair contract! Last fall, we delivered our Contract Now petition to Harvard administration insisting they bargain a fair contract, and we followed that up at the beginning…
Bargaining Update #31 Non-Citizen Rights HAW made it out to the ends of the Earth in Antarctica. And Tuesday our 31st bargaining session continued! Management has made it clear: we need to escalate. We saw incremental improvements in their Promotions article; however, we remain at odds over foundational issues of unit inclusion and job classifications. We are…
Here’s a brief update on our last two sessions where we have gained ground on articles in response to our packaged proposals. We have used these packages to accelerate our bargaining as we head into a key moment in negotiations. In our most recent session on the 19th, management responded to our package on Layoffs, Appointment and…
Our last bargaining session underscored for the Bargaining Committee (BC) that we don’t have much of a partner across the table. Despite us having spent dozens of hours patiently explaining to the representatives of the Harvard Corporation the very real problems our workers face, the admin team continues to ignore our arguments and put the…
Welcome back! A lot has happened in the past few weeks. We write with updates from two bargaining sessions in December and a plea to help us track the administration’s plans to reduce NTT teaching positions for next year. But first, a reminder: Our next bargaining session is tomorrow Friday, January 23, from 2–3 PM. Please…
Happy Holidays from Harvard Academic Workers Bargaining Committee! We are writing with a surprise gift, a reduced deductible for most of our workers. This year after Open Enrollment, a worker brought to our attention that 3 of the 4 health insurance plans would not meet the requirements for J-1 Visas starting January 1st, 2026 (even…
TLDR: See more details below. But first, a member report and Bingo! Here’s what our colleague Elisa, who came to observe, said about the session: “The administration appears to be purposely stalling the process, as its approach continues to impede meaningful progress toward the creation of a fair contract. The lead negotiators are employing a…
