""The richest university in the world should not have its workers in this incredibly precarious situation," says union president Sara Speller. "A strike was our last resort.""
""We're doing essential work that is bringing funding into this university," says Laila Norford, a PhD candidate who studies biomedical informatics. "And we're not seeing the respect returned to us.""
Two thousand graduate student workers at Harvard University initiated a strike on April 21, halting significant teaching and research activities. The Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Auto Workers has been negotiating for over a year for higher wages and better protections, but no agreement has been reached. Union members are currently without certain contract provisions, including childcare and medical expense support. The strike aims to emphasize the importance of their work and demand respect from the university, which has a substantial endowment.
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