Harvard Works Because We Do Harvard Union of
Clerical and Technical Workers
  • Resources
    Assistance for Staff with Immigration Concerns
    If you have concerns about your immigration status, The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program (HIRC) is offering free confidential legal consultations and social service support to the Harvard community.
  • Update
    Attacks on Harvard & the Impacts on Members
    Read our update on the evolving situation around government attacks on Harvard’s financial stability, the impacts on our staff, and how Union leaders are working to protect and support HUCTW members during this time.
  • Update
    Upcoming Dates & Deadlines
    September 30 is the deadline for Childcare Fund and the Academic Enrichment Fund applications, and September 1 is the date of Boston's first Labor Day Parade, where we'll stand together against authoritarian attacks on working people.
  • Updates
    Your 2025 Salary Increase & Other Updates
    The next pay raise for HUCTW members will be effective July 1, 2025. You need to have been on the payroll for one full year as of July 1, 2024 to be eligible for the full 2024 raise.
  • HUCTW Benefits
    Your Rights & Resources
    Learn answers to some of the most pressing questions we have received during this uncertain time around benefits, rights, and support for HUCTW staff.
  • Protect Our Research & Our Jobs
    Open Letter to the Harvard Community
    We call on Harvard to press forward—not with caution, but with continued courage and conviction—to carry forward the research that saves lives and gives hope to the world, and to protect the dedicated Harvard staff who carry out and facilitate that vital work.

Featured Content

HUCTW ARG

Anti-Racism Group

The HUCTW Anti-Racism Group (ARG) is team of HUCTW organizers that examines issues related to race, equity, inclusion, and diversity in the Harvard workplace and strives to develop ways that our Union can help to fight racism and discrimination in our community.

News & Events

Important Dates & Deadlines

Important Dates & Deadlines


We have two important upcoming deadlines/dates you may want to make note of: (1) The Childcare Fund and the Academic Enrichment Fund applications are posted on the HUCTW website, and the deadline for both applications is September 30. Details are below. (2) This Monday is Boston's first ever Labor Day Parade, where we will join millions of people nationwide to stand up for workers in the face of authoritarian attacks on September 1. Details on the Boston parade and other nationwide Labor Day events are below.

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Help for Staff with Immigration Concerns

Help for Staff with Immigration Concerns


The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program (HIRC) offers free legal representation and social service support to members of the Harvard community with immigration concerns. HIRC services are available to all the undocumented/DACAmented members of the community and those who are concerned about falling out of legal status. HIRC legal representation includes assistance with filing immigration applications, representing clients before USCIS in Immigration Court, and beyond.

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Attacks on Harvard & The Impacts on Staff

Attacks on Harvard & The Impacts on Staff


We are writing with an update on the government attacks on Harvard’s financial stability, the impacts on our staff, and how Union leaders are working to protect and support HUCTW members during this time. Harvard has suffered a severe financial blow following the U.S. government’s termination of all federal research funding. This withdrawal poses significant risks—not only to the University’s vital research, but also to the employment security of Harvard staff.

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Your HUCTW Rights & Resources

Your HUCTW Rights & Resources


In light of Harvard’s pending lawsuits and the University's search for alternative research funding, members have come to us with questions about what happens if they are laid off from their job due to funding cuts, but then later funding is restored, and their job is reposted. If a laid-off HUCTW member's job is reposted on the Harvard jobs site, Harvard has an obligation for a certain period of time to reinstate that member into their job.

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Over 30 Years of Solidarity

HUCTW is approximately five-thousand Harvard employees of diverse backgrounds, ages, talents, and opinions. Our work supports the teaching and research at Harvard, in libraries and museums, in labs, in offices, and out in the world. Some of us are on our way to graduate school; others of us are making our careers here. We are parents, artists, students, and more. Although we may hold different views and speak in many voices, we speak together as a Union for the things that matter to us: pay and benefits, and also flexibility, work-life balance, and self-determination in the workplace.

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