Grad Students Rally Outside Garber's Home as Strike Enters Third Week
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Source: The Crimson
By Noah A. Ferris, Crimson Staff Writer
3 hours ago
A small group of striking graduate student workers rallied outside Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76’s private residence early Friday morning, marking a new escalation in the Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Auto Workers’ ongoing strike as contract negotiations with the University remain stalled.
Roughly 10 demonstrators gathered outside Garber’s home from about 6 to 6:30 a.m., chanting and writing “CONTRACT NOW” in pink chalk on the sidewalk. The group represented a small fraction of HGSU-UAW, which represents roughly 5,000 graduate student workers.
“Garber, Garber, stop stonewalling; this is HGSU calling!” demonstrators chanted. They also shouted, “Hey, Garber, how do you sleep — while workers cannot make ends meet?”
Union organizer Jacob Wolf said the rally was intended to pressure Harvard’s central administration to schedule more frequent bargaining sessions and move closer to the union’s demands.
Roughly 10 striking Harvard graduate student workers rallied outside Harvard President Alan M. Garber '76's private residence early Friday morning. | By Finn R. Berard
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