Harvard Graduate Student Union picket line

Over four thousand Harvard graduate students have been on strike for almost two weeks. Despite bargaining since February 2025, the university administration has refused to negotiate on several key issues, including how the university handles harassment and discrimination complaints and protections for noncitizen graduate student workers. Sign Up to Show Up.

Any strike is about more than one union contract. History has taught us that unions raise the standard of living for all workers, union and non-union. History has also taught us that we are much more likely to prevail against fascism when we have a strong labor movement in the fight.