Harvard Graduate Students now have a union, the UAW. They now seem to be lining up for a strike. The Crimson notes:
HGSU-UAW bargaining committee distributed its letter in an email to
its members Tuesday along with several updates from the Monday
bargaining session. The union representatives said they discussed a
number of issues during the meeting, including the ones mentioned in the
letter that have not yet seen agreements. The email specifically
noted that negotiators spoke about gaps in coverage for specialists,
mental health, and dental care on the student health plan. In
particular, organizers argued that Harvard’s $50,000 total annual dental
subsidy would only relieve reduce (sic) individual students $558 cost by
$12.50. Swain wrote the University has offered proposals on wages
and benefits that are consistent with those in contracts between other
universities and their school workers.
It will be interesting to see all these "scholars" on a picket line.