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HUCTW (AFSCME Local 3650) is Harvard’s largest labor union—representing over 5600 union members across the Harvard campus.
Harvard’s five largest campus unions urged the University to pledge to use more of its reserves to protect research and jobs amid federal attacks on the University in a letter emailed to Harvard’s top officials this week.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
“This case is about core constitutional rights that must be safeguarded: freedom of thought, freedom of expression, and freedom of speech, each of which is a pillar of a functioning democracy and an essential hedge against authoritarianism,” Burroughs wrote.
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TODAY (Sat. 6/14) let’s rally together against the Trump administration’s reckless assault on our rights, our freedoms, & our communities!
Rally in Boston in Copley Square, 11am-3pm:
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Or find a rally near you:
www.nokings.org#map
HARVARD ALUMS: please sign onto this alumni-organized amicus brief to show your support for Harvard and the life saving research carried out and facilitated by Harvard faculty, students, and staff!
Sign and read more: huctw.org/harvard_alum_amicus_2025
Show your support for Harvard international students TODAY at 5:30 at Science Center Plaza!
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Harvard’s president: “We condemn this unlawful action. It imperils the futures of thousands of students across Harvard and serves as a warning to countless others throughout the country who have come to America to pursue their education and fulfill their dreams.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/u...
Harvard: “The government's action is unlawful. We are fully committed to maintaining Harvard's ability to host our international students and scholars, who hail from more than 140 countries and enrich the University – and this nation – immeasurably.”
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‘In a message to University affiliates, Garber & Manning wrote that the funding would help sustain “critical research activity for a transitional period” and pledged continued support for faculty, postdocs, students, and staff affected by the cuts.’
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Outrageous behavior from the chief of Harvard University Press and kudos to the Crimson for exposing this.
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Trump is defunding schools, cutting critical public services, attacking unions, & targeting immigrants. It’s a war on working people. Let’s stand together against these attacks on May 1, 5:30 - 7:30, Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common
www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
www.mobilize.us/mayday/map/
'If we yield to government attacks now and shutter essential research—including laying off hundreds of Harvard staff committed to that research—we help to give Trump he wants: control over our academic direction, our future, and our community.' Read more: huctw.org/open-letter-...
21.04.2025 21:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Find a rally near you tomorrow and stand up for our community members under threat, our jobs, and our constitutional rights!
www.fiftyfifty.one/events
‘Ms. Petrova is seeing the United States from a new and unsettling vantage point. “I feel like something is happening generally in America,” she said, in an interview over a video link. “Something bad is happening. I don’t think everybody understands.”’
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/s...
‘Harvard University will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government.’
www.harvard.edu/research-fun...
👏❤️ Harvard chapter of the American Assoc. of Univ. Professors filed a lawsuit against the Trump admin on Friday alleging the review & demands threatening Harvard’s $8 billion+ in research funding was coercive & unlawfully undermined academic freedom.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard faces a choice on how to respond to the demands of the Trump administration & we want to ensure that Harvard stands up for its values.
“Stand Up, Harvard!” rally will be held Sat 4/12 at noon on Cambridge Common. Join community members to stand together for democracy & academic freedom!
🚨TODAY at 5:00pm at the JFK Federal Building, 15 Sudbury Street, Boston, 5 p.m. Higher education workers, researchers, healthcare workers, faculty, and students are coming together to demand an end to attacks on universities, educators, research and health care. #KillTheCuts 🧬🩺🔬
08.04.2025 14:30 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Mayor Wu speaks from the stage to a large crowd at City Hall Plaza.
Thousands of people standing together around a stage on City Hall Plaza.
A close up shot of crowds on the plaza holding signs and rallying at the protest.
Boston is not a city that tolerates tyranny. We will not sit by while Donald Trump and his billionaire friends dismantle the protections that our families count on.
Thank you to the thousands of people who came out today to tell this administration #HandsOffBoston!
06.04.2025 04:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hands Off Protest Boston!
April 5, 2025 Boston Common
Hands off our school & hands off our neighbors! (And girls rule!) ❤️
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#HandsOff #Boston
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📣 Fight back against the federal government's attacks on our jobs & our rights this Saturday, 11am- 2pm at the Hands-Off Rallies across the U.S. www.mobilize.us/handsoff/map/
📣 In Boston, join Senator Markey, Mass AFL-CIO President Lynch, and the Dropkick Murphys! www.mobilize.us/handsoff/eve...
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🚨 ‘The Trump administration said on Monday that it was reviewing roughly $9 billion in federal grants and contracts awarded to Harvard, claiming that the school had allowed antisemitism to run unchecked on its campus.’
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/u...
‘The American Federation of Government Employees, the largest federal workers union, estimated that the order would strip labor protections from hundreds of thousands of civil servants, and said it was preparing legal action.’
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
The Harvard Representation Initiative offers confidential pro-bono legal immigration consultation & representation (inclusive of social work support) to members of the Harvard community who are concerned about their immigration status.
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Find out more about the lawsuit: www.aft.org/press-releas...
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