Harvard Academic Workers

Fellow Harvard alumni: our alma mater is under attack. The government is threatening its independence, cutting research funding, and undermining free inquiry.

We've added our names to an amicus brief defending Harvard’s values and freedoms. Join us here: bit.ly/HarvardAmicusBrief

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Opinion | The Science I Would Be Doing if I Weren’t in ICE Detention

Heartbreaking essay from our colleague & fellow @haw-uaw.bsky.social union member, unjustly imprisoned since February: “I hope that the judge rules Wednesday that I can be released, so I can return to my lab. There is a data set that I’m halfway finished analyzing. I want to go home and finish it.”

Harvard labor unions rally behind non-citizens and workers amid Trump attacks As Trump administration escalates threats on university, unions call on Harvard leadership to support workers

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

with @hgsuuaw.bsky.social @32bjseiu.bsky.social @huctw-rankandfile.bsky.social @local26-unitehere.bsky.social and more Harvard unions!

FLIER: Harvard Labor Says: Protect Our Non-Citizens, Protect our Workers! Join us this sunday (4/27) 3-4pm, Science Center Plaza, 1 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA Sponsored by (union logos): HUWU, HGSU, HAW, SLAM, Local 26 UNITE HERE, FWU, HUCT Rank and File Movement, AAUP Harvard, 32BJ SEIU< LEAP @ HLS

rally with us tomorrow in support of the safety and job security of the WORKERS who make Harvard a leader in research and education! protect our workers! protect our noncitizens!

Header centered at top, in Crimson text: Our Resolve Statement beginning in black text: We all know that Harvard is not perfect. We, the workers who fulfill this University’s core teaching and research missions, consistently strive and organize to better this institution. We also know that the Trump administration’s attack on Harvard has nothing to do with antisemitism. Simply put, this is an assault on learning, academic freedom, and critical inquiry. Destroying the good that Harvard does by cutting its federal funding will not address antisemitism on campus. If anything, weaponizing allegations of antisemitism as a transparent pretext for destroying American higher education—threatening life-saving research, outstanding teaching, and cutting-edge innovation—only causes more harm to our Jewish colleagues, members, and students. Institutions of higher education, including Harvard, do good in society. We work here because we believe in educating future generations who will continue to build a better world. We work here because we believe in the importance of research conducted to benefit the public, not to turn a profit. And we work here because we believe that this institution has the potential and the will to become a place where everyone, regardless of background or belief, can succeed. Our resolve is to continue this work of the University—together. In the face of this multifaceted political attack, we will resist authoritarian intimidation by continuing our research and teaching, and by organizing in solidarity with one another. We call on the University administration to resist this intimidation with us, marshalling Harvard’s considerable resources and power to fulfill the promise of the University’s vital mission. Signed, Harvard Academic Workers Organizing Committee Harvard Graduate Student Union Harvard Undergraduate Workers Union AAUP-Harvard Faculty Chapter HUCTW Rank & File Movement

Our statement in response to the Trump administration's attack on Harvard, together with @hgsuuaw.bsky.social, the Harvard Undergraduate Workers Union, the AAUP-Harvard Faculty Chapter, and @huctw-rankandfile.bsky.social.

Donate to Stand With Kseniia: A Harvard Scientist in Need, organized by Cora Anderson Hello! We are friends of Kseniia and are hoping to find others who will … Cora Anderson needs your support for Stand With Kseniia: A Harvard Scientist in Need

We urge the Harvard administration to do more to assist in her case and her reinstatement. You can contribute to her support fund here: www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...

Russian scientist working at Harvard detained by Ice at Boston airport Kseniia Petrova was returning to the US from a trip to France when officials revoked her visa and detained her

URGENT: Kseniia Petrova, a bioinformatics researcher at Harvard Medical School and a member of our unit, has been wrongfully detained by ICE for over a month, and is at risk of deportation despite a clear risk of political persecution in Russia www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

BOSTON IS A UNION TOWN!!!

Boston turned out STRONG! 💪 Nearly 20 unions & worker units from across the region came together to say: Hands off our healthcare, research, and jobs!

Billionaires want to gut higher ed & medical research to fund their tax cuts. We’re fighting back. #LaborForHigherEd

of course should say meet 🙈

TODAY!!!

if you're at Harvard -- met us at 2pm in the science center at clover or in the NRB cafeteria to travel together!

Today in 15+ cities & online: We Walk Out, We Rise Up, We Fight for the Future! From campuses to Capitol Hill, higher ed workers take action. Join us as we demand funding for science, protections for research, and a future where knowledge serves the people—not corporate greed: www.labor4highered.org

let's coordinate for the next action! (as there will likely be a need for more...)

Boston National Day of Action Rally 2/19 This month, the Trump administration has begun an attack on higher ed: cuts to agencies like the NIH, NSF, and CDC that fund research; censoring research on public health, climate change, and a long l...

Boston area folks: RSVP and/or share your story here: forms.gle/94CrPpunMFbH...

Also happening in New York! This Wednesday, 4pm, WashSq Park

Researchers Fight Back! With union logos from unions supporting the event, Supporting unions/orgaizations are: HAW; HGSU; Harvard AAUP; MTA; UMass Dartmouth-GSU; BU-GWU; SLAM; UMass Boston-CSU; Northeastern-GENU; MAPA; SEIU locals 509 and 32BJ; MIT-GLU; AFTMA; UMass Lowell-GEO; UMass Boston GEO, PSU, and CSU

This event is a collaboration between EIGHTEEN MA unions!!

Labor for Higher Education

for more info on the national day of action, see here: www.labor4highered.org

P.S. -- hello, bluesky! we're a union of non-tenure track teachers and researchers, and we're glad to be here!

National Day of Action: Boston Wednesday, February 19, 3PM JFK Federal Building 15 Sudbury St., Boston, MA Those words are over an image of the JFK building

come rally with us! we're participating in @higheredlabor.bsky.social's 2/19 national day of action with a rally at 3pm at the JFK federal building!

we're standing up for a future where knowledge and innovation are valued!