by harvardacademicadmin | Jun 30, 2025 | Bargaining
Monday, June 30th was our 18th bargaining session. Thank you to everyone who attended online and in person! This kind of involvement shows the administration that we are committed to improving protections for all of us, especially in these times. Come join us at the...
by harvardacademicadmin | Jun 16, 2025 | Bargaining
Our bargaining committee met with the representatives of the Harvard Corporation on Monday (6/16) to continue our contract negotiations. Here’s what went down: Immediate Concerns: Appointment Lengths and Funding Issues We opened by raising serious concerns about...
by harvardacademicadmin | Jun 2, 2025 | Bargaining
Allie Stanton here—I’m a postdoc in the Department of Microbiology and an organizer with Harvard Academic Workers. I’m writing to share some updates from our last bargaining session, which took place on Monday, June 2nd. After wrapping up a meeting with a student and...
by harvardacademicadmin | May 19, 2025 | Bargaining
The administration brought five responses to our proposals and two brand-new proposals, and they rejected four of our proposals altogether. Those rejected articles are: Academic Freedom, Artificial Intelligence, Departmental Representation, and Protecting...
by harvardacademicadmin | Apr 24, 2025 | Bargaining
We began our bargaining session on Wednesday, April 23, by pressing the administration on what they are doing to protect the research and teaching mission at this time of crisis and attacks by the Trump administration. The administration did not offer any specifics,...
by harvardacademicadmin | Apr 11, 2025 | Bargaining
On Friday afternoon we held our thirteenth bargaining session with the University administration. Here is an overview of the significant tentative agreement we reached and the other proposals that changed hands. We began the session asking the administration why we...
