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Sign your HUCTW membership card! Click here to access a printable PDF of the card, which you can return to the HUCTW office through intercampus mail or by email. Or you give it to your union rep!
Sign your HUCTW membership card! Click here to access a printable PDF of the card, which you can return to the HUCTW office through intercampus mail or by email. Or you give it to your union rep!
HUCTW stands in solidarity with protesters in the urgent fight for racial justice, equality, and human rights. As human beings, and as advocates for economic and social justice, we must commit to the eradication of racism in our communities, our country, and the wider world.
The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program (HIRC) offers free legal advice, representation, & social service support to all Harvard community members with immigration concerns. Make a confidential appointment with the HIRC immigration attorney.
Like many of you, HUCTW leaders are outraged by the Trump administration’s attacks against the rights and livelihoods of our community members. There are actions we can take together to fight back against these attacks including this Saturday at the National Day of Action! Stand with your fellow union members at the Hands-Off rallies happening nationwide April 5 from 11:00 – 2:00. There are rallies in Boston and across the country. Find a rally near you: https://www.mobilize.us/handsoff/map/
Read MoreMarch 31, 2024 is an important deadline for three reimbursement programs open to HUCTW members: (1) Copay Reimbursement (2) Fitness Reimbursement (3) Dependent Care & Healthcare FSA Reimbursement. These programs assist members with expenses incurred during the previous (2023) calendar year. Please see more details on each program below.
Read MoreWe know that recent federal government policy announcements—including those around NIH research funding, transgender rights, immigration and citizenship, DEI programming, and other potential policy changes to come—are causing anxiety and uncertainty among many HUCTW members. We want to assure you that HUCTW leaders are committed to advocating for and supporting all of our members—regardless of what policy changes lie ahead.
Read MoreThis year's end-of-year newsletter puts a spotlight on all the HUCTW-negotiated education benefits available to members, including: the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) for Harvard classes, the Tuition Reimbursement Program (TRP) for non-Harvard classes, the Education Fund for non-Harvard learning, and TAP Tax Reimbursement Program for TAP associated tax costs, as well as contract language supporting time off for learning. The newsletter also lists upcoming dates and deadlines, the time reporting instructions for the winter recess and holidays, and the annual minimum dues changes mandated by our parent union, AFSCME.
Read MoreHUCTW 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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