Following a strong SAV vote in support of a fair contract and an eventual strike, we had 3 eventful bargaining sessions in August. For the first time Harvard Admin showed some willingness to discuss harassment protections and we see a path forward in some of our most important articles for job security. However Admin is…
TLDR: Friday we saw some very positive movement from Admin, especially on Workloads. However, Admin is still not budging on some core issues for teaching faculty, and they also completely refused to engage with us about their decision to keep our salaries frozen. Finally, we proposed counters for better severance rules; reimbursement of visa costs; and…
Harvard has announced the end of the salary freeze, however, some HAW members have reported that they have been told that they will not be given raises due to our ongoing contract negotiations prohibiting “unilateral” changes in our compensation. To be clear, it is categorically false that Harvard is required to freeze our wages during bargaining….
On Monday the 22nd, we had our 41st (!) bargaining session and received one counterproposal from management. tl;dr – After testimonials from two of our members, we presented articles that address childcare, professional development, and workloads. We remain committed to protecting our members’ abilities to start families, better themselves, and work with dignity. In response,…
At bargaining today, Harvard Admin offered us a pay package that doesn’t even keep up with inflation, including: If you haven’t voted in the strike authorization vote, please do! The more of us who show we are going to stand together, the more we show them we want a contract that addresses our concerns. We need to…
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…
