After attending bargaining sessions with Harvard to negotiate the graduate student unionâs second contract, rank-and-file union members said the Universityâs bargaining team was resistant to the unionâs proposed changes, especially on the topics of compensation and procedures for handling complaints of identity-based discrimination and sexual harassment.
âThereâs a palpable sense of resistance to really engage in the discussion,â said Harvard Graduate Student Union-United Automobile Workers member Harrison T. Reeder, a Biostatistics Ph.D. candidate.
HGSU-UAW and the University have held four bargaining sessions since March 18, and agreed to open the bargaining sessions on April 9, April 19, and April 26 to union members. Approximately 40 to 80 members observed each of the three open sessions, according to HGSU-UAW Vice President Marisa J. Borreggine. The May 6, May 18, and May 24 sessions will also be open to observers, and more open sessions could be