Harvard Works Because We Do Harvard Union of
Clerical and Technical Workers
  • Our Contract
    Negotiating a Flexible Schedule
    Many HUCTW staff members across Harvard negotiate flexible work arrangements with their supervisors. This is supported and encouraged by the Harvard-HUCTW contract.
  • HUCTW Event
    Working from Home: A Panel Discussion
    Watch the recording of our June 6 panel discussion, "Working from Home: Trends, Benefits, and Challenges of Implementing Telework."
  • HUCTW Benefits
    Education Assistance Programs
    We have negotiated three kinds of financial assistance to help employees with the costs of courses inside and outside of Harvard, and other forms of education, as well as strong language to facilitate time away for learning.
  • HUCTW Benefits
    Housing Loan Programs
    HUCTW and Harvard University Employee Credit Union (HUECU) offer three types of 0% interest loans to help members with costs of (1) renting or moving into a new home, (2) moving into a purchased home, or (3) home owner emergencies.
  • Our Funds
    Transportation Fund
    The HUCTW Transportation Fund helps eligible members with high commuting or parking costs. The Fund reimburses members twice a year and the next deadline is July 15, 2017.

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When is Your Next HUCTW Raise?

When is Your Next HUCTW Raise?


As July 1 marks the beginning of a new fiscal year at Harvard, we wanted to remind you that the next pay raise for HUCTW members will be delivered on October 1, 2017. You need to have been on the payroll for a full year as of October 1, 2017 to be eligible for the full 2017 raise. You can use a downloadable (Excel) salary calculator below to determine your exact raise for 2017.

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Union Night at Fenway Park

Union Night at Fenway Park


The Red Sox Corporation invites HUCTW members to participate in its annual nod to Boston area unions: Union Night at Fenway Park, to be held on Labor Day evening, Monday, September 4, at 7:10 PM. This special offer waives part of the fees associated with purchasing Red Sox tickets, and offers a fun night of baseball with other union members and supporters from across the State. Purchase tickets here.

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Working from Home: A Panel Discussion

Working from Home: A Panel Discussion


Watch the recording of our June 6 panel discussion, "Working from Home: Trends, Benefits, and Challenges of Implementing Telework." This event took place on June 6, 2017 and was open to the Harvard community. Panelists included: an academic expert from MIT, a practitioner from the US Government Accountability Office, and an IT specialist from Harvard, who shared their experiences and insights into telework.

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Overtime: Cash or Comp Time?

Overtime: Cash or Comp Time?


If you’ve worked overtime before, you probably know that overtime pay is calculated differently depending on whether the total number of hours you work in a week is under or over 40 hours. What you might not know is that any overtime hours you work up to 40 hours in a week can either be paid to you as cash or as time off ("comp time"). You can’t be required to take the pay as comp time -- that choice always rests with you -- and this is laid out in the HUCTW contract. Learn more about this policy, and about how overtime works in general, on the following page.

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25 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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