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Clerical and Technical Workers
  • 2018 Negotiations
    Update on Contract Negotiations
    HUCTW negotiations with Harvard are now in their fourth month and Union negotiators want to share an update with you on how the talks are progressing and what’s on the table.
  • HUCTW Benefits
    Childcare Fellowship Application Now Open
    The HUCTW Childcare Fellowship application is now open! This fund helps HUCTW union members with childcare costs incurred during the calendar year. The deadline to apply for the 2019 fellowship is September 30, 2018.
  • 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.
  • HUCTW Contract
    Negotiating Additional Raises
    The Harvard-HUCTW contract allows members to negotiate additional salary increases, outside of the annual HUCTW raises.
  • 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.
  • Harvard Resource
    Assistance for Staff with Immigration Concerns
    The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program (HIRC) is offering free legal consultations about Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and other immigration concerns to Harvard community members, including staff.

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When’s Your Next Raise?

When’s Your Next Raise?


The last negotiated salary increase for HUCTW members was delivered on October 1 2017. That increase was part of a three-year contract, which began on October 1, 2015 and continues until September 30, 2018. This means our next salary increase should take place on October 1, 2018. As Harvard and HUCTW are still in contract negotiations, we don't yet know how much our next salary increase will be, or how many years the new contract will cover.

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Update on HUCTW Contract Negotiations

Update on HUCTW Contract Negotiations


HUCTW negotiations with Harvard are now in their fourth month and Union negotiators want to share an update with you on how the talks are progressing and what’s on the table. In addition to the summary below, HUCTW leaders will also be holding a round of lunchtime meetings with members about negotiations where we can have deeper discussions and answer questions.

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Janus v. AFSCME Supreme Court Decision

Janus v. AFSCME Supreme Court Decision


On June 27, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that nonmembers cannot be mandated to pay fees to their public sector unions in the case Janus v. AFSCME Council 31. The Court's ruling is a major setback for public sector unions, including those that represent healthcare workers, firefighters, public school teachers,and public university employees, among others. Although the ruling does not directly affect members of private sector unions such as HUCTW, there is reason for serious concern about its potential consequences for all working people in the U.S. in the longer term.

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Assistance for Staff Immigration Concerns

Assistance for Staff Immigration Concerns


The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program (HIRC) offers free legal consultations about Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and other immigration concerns to Harvard community members (including staff). To schedule an appointment with immigration staff attorney Jason Corral or social worker Liala Buoniconti, please contact Nilce Maldonado at 617-495-6648 or nmaldonado@law.harvard.edu.

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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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