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Nov 21, 2024 | 
thecrimson.com | Diego Moreno |Aran Sonnad-Joshi |Sheerea Yu
Rank-and-file members of the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers rallied outside of Smith Campus Center Tuesday afternoon. They protested Harvard's alleged retaliation against pro-Palestine demonstrators. By Mae T. WeirBy Diego García Moreno, Aran Sonnad-Joshi, and Sheerea X.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
thecrimson.com | Aran Sonnad-Joshi |Sheerea Yu
Cambridge Hospital Alliance workers protest outside of the Cambridge City Hall in August. By Cam E. KettlesBy Aran Sonnad-Joshi and Sheerea X. Yu, Crimson Staff WritersResident physicians and fellows at Cambridge Hospital ratified a new contract with Cambridge Health Alliance on Friday after six months of negotiations.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
thecrimson.com | Hugo Chiasson |Aran Sonnad-Joshi |Sheerea Yu
Protesters gathered before the John Harvard Statue Wednesday, holding signs reading "End the Time Caps." By Mae T. WeirBy Hugo C. Chiasson, Aran Sonnad-Joshi, and Sheerea X. Yu, Crimson Staff WritersMore than 90 percent of 341 surveyed students, alumni, and faculty in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences called for abolishing time caps, according to a Wednesday report released by Harvard Academic Workers-United Auto Workers.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
thecrimson.com | Aran Sonnad-Joshi |Sheerea Yu
Nearly 100 Harvard Graduate School of Design student employees are attempting to unionize. By Michael GritzbachBy Aran Sonnad-Joshi and Sheerea X. Yu, Crimson Staff WritersNearly 100 employees at the Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Fabrication Lab filed for unionization on Oct. 4.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
thecrimson.com | Aran Sonnad-Joshi |Sheerea Yu
Harvard undergraduates voted to form the Harvard Undergraduate Workers Union last October. By Julian J. GiordanoBy Aran Sonnad-Joshi and Sheerea X. Yu, Crimson Staff WritersThe Harvard Undergraduate Workers Union-United Auto Workers has been negotiating at half capacity. After losing five members over the summer, the bargaining committee of HUWU-UAW only has five members — of nine total positions — one of whom is still in training.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
thecrimson.com | Aran Sonnad-Joshi |Sheerea Yu
Harvard Academic Workers-United Auto Workers circulated a petition earlier this week calling for the abolishment of time caps. By Joey HuangBy Aran Sonnad-Joshi and Sheerea X. Yu, Crimson Staff WritersHarvard Academic Workers-United Auto Workers began circulating a petition on Monday calling for the abolishment of time caps for non-tenure track faculty, a major sticking point for the union as it begins negotiations with the University for its first contract.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
thecrimson.com | Grace Yoon |Sheerea Yu
Cambridge Hospital Alliance workers protest outside of the Cambridge City Hall. By Mae T. WeirBy Grace E. Yoon and Sheerea X. Yu, Crimson Staff WritersThe Cambridge City Council unanimously passed a resolution Monday evening urging Cambridge Health Alliance leadership to negotiate a new union contract with Cambridge Hospital residents and interns. Before the Council voted, about 25 Cambridge Hospital residents and interns rallied outside of City Hall in support of the resolution.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
thecrimson.com | Aran Sonnad-Joshi |Sheerea Yu
Harvard's non-tenure-track faculty union will begin contraction negotiations with the University on Thursday. By Joey HuangBy Aran Sonnad-Joshi and Sheerea X. Yu, Crimson Staff WritersHarvard Academic Worker-United Auto Workers’s bargaining committee will meet representatives of the University on Thursday to begin negotiating for a contract. The contract will mark the union’s first formal agreement with the University, covering more than 3,000 Harvard faculty across campus.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
thecrimson.com | Aran Sonnad-Joshi |Sheerea Yu
Sara V. Speller became the third president of Harvard's graduate union in less than a year. By Frank S. ZhouBy Aran Sonnad-Joshi and Sheerea X. Yu, Crimson Staff WritersSara V. Speller, the former vice president of Harvard’s graduate union, assumed the presidency in late July after her predecessor stepped down, becoming the union’s third leader in less than a year.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
thecrimson.com | Aran Sonnad-Joshi |Sheerea Yu
The decision expands the HGSU-UAW bargaining unit by 70 members and forces Harvard to retroactively repay psychology research assistants for "lost benefits and payments" since April 30, 2022. By Frank S. ZhouBy Aran Sonnad-Joshi and Sheerea X. Yu, Crimson Staff WritersHarvard violated its 2021 contract with the Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Auto Workers by excluding lab-based psychology Ph.D. students from the union’s bargaining unit, an arbitrator ruled on Friday.
