Non-tenure faculty at Harvard made a strong decision on Friday to form a union, shortly after Harvard Law school staff also joined the same union.
In a vote, more than a thousand workers voted to join the Harvard Academic Workers-United Auto Workers (HAW-UAW) union, with a majority of 1094-81.
The union celebrated the victory by declaring “WE’RE TWO FOR TWO!” wrote on X, previously known as Twitter. The union expressed gratitude for the support and celebrated the win of the non-tenure-track researchers and teachers.
Earlier in the week, clinical employees at Harvard Law School voted 62-3 to also join the union.
Morgan Gilman, a research associate at Harvard Medical School, mentioned, “Harvard is incredibly decentralized and we’re often kept away from each other. The Boston Globe reported. “Building our union required us to build bridges across these barriers, and with every wall we knocked down, we found more and more support from coworkers struggling for workplace justice.”
The union expressed their determination to pursue further improvements in their work in a post.
On their website, the union highlighted their focus on workplace safety, fair parental support, term-limited positions, and housing.
The Hill has reached out to Harvard and HAW-UAW for comment.
