• Hands Off Our Jobs
    Join your fellow union members in fighting back against the federal government's attacks on our jobs, our rights, and our community this Saturday, April 5, from 11:00 – 2:00 at the Hands-Off Rallies across the country!
  • HUCTW Benefits
    March 31, 2025 is an important deadline for three programs that help with your expenses from the previous year: (1) Copay Reimbursement Program (2) Fitness Reimbursement Program (3) Dependent Care & Healthcare FSA Programs.
  • Get help from an organizer!
    Have you taken on higher level work but are still in the same job grade? Or have you applied for a reclassification, but it's at a stand-still? Reach out to us for help!
  • Contact Us
    HUCTW leaders are committed to advocating for and supporting all of our members regardless of what federal policy changes lie ahead.
  • Flexibility in the Workplace
    Having difficulty negotiating a hybrid or remote work schedule? Check out our new contract langauge around remote work and flexiblity and reach out to an HUCTW for confidential advice.
  • Member Benefits
    HUCTW and Harvard University Employee Credit Union (HUECU) offer 0% interest loans of up to $3,500 to help members with the initial costs of renting a new home, including costs such as first and last month's rent or moving trucks. We also offer loans for home buyers for moving expenses.

Featured Content

HUCTW Solidarity

Black Lives Matter

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.

News & Events

Fighting Back Against Federal Policy Changes

Fighting Back Against Federal Policy Changes


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/

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Reimbursement Deadline: March 31

Reimbursement Deadline: March 31


March 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.

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Federal Policy Changes & HUCTW Support

Federal Policy Changes & HUCTW Support


We 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.

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End of Year Newsletter

End of Year Newsletter


This 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.

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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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