Harvard Graduate Student Union Rallies for Contract Settlement Amidst Second Strike
More than 200 members of the Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Auto Workers (HGSU-UAW) rallied outside University Hall, urging deans to intervene and push the University towards a contract settlement. This demonstration occurred one week into their second strike of the year. The union, representing over 4,000 undergraduate and graduate student workers, delivered a letter to Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dean Emma Dench, emphasizing the need for University leadership to advocate for its workers. The union's demands remain consistent: higher wages and benefits, protections for noncitizen workers, and an independent process for handling harassment and discrimination complaints. Speakers at the rally included Harvard Law School professor Nikolas E. Bowie, local elected officials, and members of the Harvard College Democrats. Professor Bowie criticized Harvard's stance, drawing a parallel between the University's opposition to the Trump administration's actions and its current position with the unio...
