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Harvard Makes First-Ever Deal With Graduate Students Union
After nearly two years of negotiation, Harvard University reached a tentative agreement on its first-ever deal with the Harvard Graduate Students Union, a group that represents roughly 4,400 students who teach, research and work at the university, reported The Boston Globe. The one-year contract — hailed as a “major victory” by the union — offers […]
June 16, 2020
Students
Bernie Sanders Introduces the Respect Graduate Student Workers Act
The Respect Graduate Student Workers Act was introduced on Wednesday by U.S. Senator and 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. This new piece of legislation would prohibit the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from developing a rule that takes away graduate student workers’ right to form a union. The proposed rule would impact around 58,000 graduate […]
January 22, 2020
Students
22 U.S. Representatives Write Letter Supporting Harvard’s Graduate Worker Strike
Twenty-two Harvard graduates currently serving in the U.S. House of Representatives signed a letter on Dec. 20 in support of the university’s graduate student employees who began striking for health insurance, a higher minimum wage and better protections against discrimination on Dec. 3. In the letter, the alumni emphasize a worker’s rights to unionize and […]
December 29, 2019
Students
Group of UCSC Graduate Student Workers On Strike
A group of graduate student workers at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) are on strike and withholding students’ semester grades until given a 70% pay increase, which would equal an additional $1,412 a month. According to the students, the raise would account for the higher cost of living in Santa Cruz, which they […]
December 12, 2019
Faculty & Staff
Union: University of Oregon Planning 75 Layoffs of Faculty
EUGENE, Ore. — A labor union representing University of Oregon employees says the school is considering a plan to lay off 75 nontenured faculty members. The Register-Guard reports that United Academics says the reductions will affect employees of the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Education and other university units. The plans come […]
March 1, 2017
Faculty & Staff
University of Vermont, Professors Negotiating New Contract
BURLINGTON, Vt. — A union that represents professors at the University of Vermont is negotiating a new contract with the school. The Burlington Free Press reports that about 30 professors held signs outside the room in James M. Jeffords Hall where negotiators and union members met on Monday. The current agreement between the union and […]
February 9, 2017
Leadership & Policy
University of California Workers Strike for Higher Wages
SAN FRANCISCO — Electricians, elevator mechanics, plumbers and other workers walked off the job Wednesday at UCLA to demand higher wages on day one of two planned strikes this week at a pair of University of California campuses. A 24-hour strike was taking place at UCLA and a similar walkout was planned Thursday at UC […]
November 16, 2016
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