by Shireen Akram-Boshar | Nov 3, 2026 | Boston, Cambridge, Graduate Student Unions, Harvard, News, Strikes, student organizing, Trump Administration
Harvard graduate student workers walked off the job on Tuesday in their second strike of 2026 — and other Harvard workers are set to follow with additional strikes in the coming weeks, as union activity heats up on campuses in the Boston area. The Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Auto Workers Local 5118 (HGSU), which represents over 4,000 student workers, began their strike at midnight…
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by Keith Brower Brown | Jan 1, 2026 | AT&T, Graduate Student Unions, IBEW, News Analysis, NNU, public sector workers, SEIU, steelworkers, UAW, union contract, Verizon
The coming year could keep the strikes rolling through steel mills, state offices, telephone lines, axle plants, baseball diamonds, and hospitals from coast to coast. Union contracts expiring in 2026 could open up major fights by manufacturing, education, entertainment, and government workers. The contract covering 20,000 Verizon workers in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic expires on…
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