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Team 509 stands shoulder to shoulder with @32bjseiu.bsky.social Harvard janitors fighting for a fair contract that secures livable wages & strong benefits. Solidarity!
Emmanuel College dining workers won their union contract last November! 💪
"For these workers, the first contract is not just a list of new benefits—it is a framework for a more secure, dignified workplace, and a signal that organizing can deliver tangible changes..."
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Cancelled! M&T Bank has formally left the Mass High Tech Council ✊ More to come.
32BJ Members at Harvard United for a Fair Contact
Rally for fair wages & strong benefits
February 19th • 12:00pm
124 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge
This week, Congress In a package of spending bills, the National Institutes of Health will see its budget increase by $415 million, in sharp contrast to the $20-billion cut sought by the administration last April, a nearly 40 percent decrease. The legislation, signed into law late Tuesday by Trump, also contains strict language meant to block the administration’s efforts to limit federal payments of so-called “indirect costs” on research grants — a critical source of research funding that pays for laboratory upkeep and other expenses not directly tied to a specific project. Early last year, the Trump administration proposed capping indirect costs at 15 percent of any given grant — far below what many institutions had been getting. Universities and research hospitals warned the cuts would cost them billions and eviscerate studies into treatments for cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, and a range of other ailments. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/04/metro/congress-rebukes-trump-research-funding-cuts/
This week Congress blocked Trump’s 40% cuts to science research, choosing instead to increase funding for NIH & NSF. They also blocked his 70% cuts to “indirect cost reimbursement” for science grants (which fund labs, equipment, support staff at universities). www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/04/m...
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Our Union, along with community members and leaders of other cities in Greater Boston, was proud to stand with @mayorwu.boston.gov when she signed an Executive Order this week to protect City of Boston residents from ICE.
Thanks to the HUNDREDS of workers who came out to support job security and a fair contract!
Harvard is rich, but they won’t protect us. Now is the time to get involved in the union! Attend a bargaining session, OC meeting, or organizer training! Reach out to a leader or DM for more info.
📢📢 Calling all students, workers, & anyone who wants to fight for a just world: Join us on Sunday, March 1st from 1:00-3:30 pm.
Train with and learn from workers who have been #OnStrike and organized their workplaces in the face of union busting!
RSVP at tinyurl.com/March1Organize
Oh cool! I was holding the sign next to Pablo from 32bj when he spoke about our members who were abducted.
A crowd of people in winter coats gather beneath a blue sky; an American flag flies upside down
Unions and community members rallied in the cold in a Home Depot parking lot in Boston today in solidarity with strikers in Minneapolis
Hey were you there?
Getting ready to march with all our friends in Minneapolis! #ICEOUT #ICEOUTMN #ICEOutofMN
Today, student workers met with the UMass Chan administration for our seventh bargaining session. Below, you can find a summary of what happened in today’s session.
Action Alert! 📢 Across the country, we're rallying TOMORROW, January 23rd, in solidarity with our union siblings in Minneapolis to demand ICE out of our communities. As a union, we’re committed to protecting each other, our families, and our future. RSVP here: act.seiu.org/a/jan23-rally
Today, postdocs met with the UMass Chan administration for our eighth bargaining session. Below, you can find a summary of what happened in today’s session.
Almost 200 workers and allies rallied at @harvard.edu to demand a fair contract!
Yes, even in 22° and snow.
Harvard has the resources. Workers deserve:
💰 Raises that reflect Harvard's resources
🏥 Quality, affordable healthcare
🛠️ Secure, sustainable jobs
Harvard: BETTER CONTRACT 2026!
⏰ Come out TODAY at 12:30 in front of the Smith Center to our HUCTW sponsored "Rally to Protect Harvard People and Programs from Severe Cuts"! We'll be joined by local Massachusetts elected officials, a brass band featuring HUCTW members, and we'll have hot chocolate. Details below!
📣 On Tues. Dec. 16, join fellow HUCTW members & community friends as we stand together to protect the people & programs that keep Harvard thriving!
📌 Learn more & sign our petition here: huctw.org/open-letter-....
🗓️ Tuesday, December 16
🕰️ 12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
📍 In front of Smith Center
Today, student workers met with the UMass Chan administration for our fourth bargaining session. Below, you can find a summary of what happened in today’s session.
What’s outrageous? Fenway wages!
@aramark.bsky.social workers at Fenway Park & MGM Music Hall have been needing a raise for some time. And they're going to keep fighting until they get it! ⚾️🎶✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽 #OneJobShouldBeEnough #WhenWeFightWeWin
Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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‼️DON’T BUY STARBUCKS WHILE WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE‼️
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Welcome Emmanuel College dining workers to the Union! They won the Local 26 University standard and ratified their first union contract today. 🎉 #unionstandard #unionstrong
I wish I drank Starbucks so I could stop
Last Saturday, hotel workers at the Hilton Boston Back Bay
resoundingly ratified their contract. Congratulations on winning the Local 26 hotel standard! 👏🏽 #sisepuede
Hear from Theresa Romalho, Postdoctoral Associate in Molecular Cell & Cancer Biology, about why winning a strong contract matters.
Menswear guy spitting 🔥
Thank you to everyone who came to testify at our hearing today! We had an incredible turnout from legislators, current and former staffers, and labor leaders. Here are some of our favorite moments 🧵
@aramark.bsky.social workers at Fenway Park extend a heartfelt THANK YOU to @sanders.senate.gov for uplifting their ongoing contract fight for fair wages, job security & respect. The Fenway family say the man with the mittens is welcome at America's favorite ballpark any season! #FeelTheBern🔥