Harvard cancelled our meeting – we’re wearing buttons anyway! Unfortunately, the administration has cancelled tomorrow’s scheduled bargaining session due to “unforeseen circumstances.” While we don’t know the reason, we do know that every delay in bargaining benefits the employer, and that we’re still waiting on responses on more than a dozen proposals. To keep up…
This past Monday we had our last bargaining session of 2024 and it was a memorable one. We had the pleasure of being joined by many observers and speakers. We are starting with thoughts from one observer, Lisa Gulesserian, Preceptor in Armenian Language and Culture in the Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Department. Our bargaining…
HAW-UAW Rank & File Report and Bargaining Update 12/16 Dear colleagues, This past Monday we had our last bargaining session of 2024 and it was a memorable one. We had the pleasure of being joined by many observers and speakers. We are starting with thoughts from one observer, Lisa Gulesserian, Preceptor in Armenian Language and…
Bargaining Update 12/12 + Call to Action Monday Highlights: Because we have another bargaining session this coming Monday, we will keep today’s update short and offer a more detailed update next week. We had our seventh Bargaining Session yesterday. The key highlight came from Jenya, who delivered a powerful, moving, and motivating speech, highlighting the shameful…
Highlights: Because we have another bargaining session this coming Monday, we will keep today’s update short and offer a more detailed update next week. We had our seventh Bargaining Session yesterday. The key highlight came from Jenya, who delivered a powerful, moving, and motivating speech, highlighting the shameful absurdity of the administration taking advantage of our…
HAW-UAW Contract Negotiations Update – Dec. 2, 2024 On Monday, December 2, we held our sixth bargaining session. We presented two new articles, three counter-proposals, and reasserted one additional proposed article that Harvard had previously rejected. Harvard had one counterproposal to present, and a proposed preamble to our contract—non-binding language that would open the agreement….
We come with updates from an eventful bargaining session last Friday. We presented four new articles and one counter proposal. In addition, management returned with a counter-proposal on Grievance & Arbitration. New articles we proposed: Counter-proposals we offered in response to management: Management’s Counter-proposals: Highlights: Management had a lot of questions on the logistics of…
Yesterday we had our fourth bargaining session and one of our most important sessions yet, as we presented articles articulating our vision for fair and equitable contracts, pathways to promotion, and an end to arbitrary term limits for our workers. Our Appointments and Reappointments article laid out a system of renewable appointments for teachers and…
Yesterday was our third bargaining session which featured dueling visions for how Harvard should operate. Our Union was formed because the workers that make the University run deserve a say in their working conditions; Harvard admin and their lawyers are fixated on maintaining unilateral control. Before we dive into the details of the day’s session,…
HAW-UAW Contract Negotiations Update – Oct 2, 2024 Yesterday was our second bargaining session and we have both exciting updates and disappointing responses from Harvard. In a promising first step, we have signed our first Tentative Agreement: Severability (details below). We were disappointed, however, that Harvard summarily rejected our proposed Memorandum of Agreement for a moratorium on term limits on…
