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Harvard Graduate Student Union Suspends 40‑Day Strike Without a Contract

Pay raises, a harassment grievance process and protections for noncitizen workers remain unresolved as follow-up bargaining is set for June.

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Members of the Harvard Graduate Student Union picketing at an entrance next to the Engineering Sciences Laboratory on Oxford Street.
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Overview

  • The union ended the walkout on Monday after a weekend vote by participating members that authorized pausing the strike and prompted student workers with ongoing appointments to return to work.
  • Harvard offered limited concessions during recent talks, including expanded benefits, full dental for Ph.D. students, and a 1 percentage-point increase to its multi-year raise proposal.
  • Key union demands for a living-wage level, a formal discrimination and harassment grievance process, and stronger noncitizen protections were not resolved when the strike paused.
  • The strike disrupted classes, grading and laboratory research, and the union said the university hired replacements and in some cases used rushed AI grading to submit final marks.
  • Bargaining will resume with sessions scheduled for June 9 and June 23, and union leaders say they view the pause as part of a continuing campaign that could resume strike action if talks stall.