
Harvard Graduate Student Union Sets Oct. 27 Strike Date if No Contract Is Reached
The union, which represents more than 4,000 student workers, says it will walk out again after a 40-day strike in the spring ended without a contract.
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The union, which represents more than 4,000 student workers, says it will walk out again after a 40-day strike in the spring ended without a contract.

The restaurant at 245 Massachusetts Ave. will close at the end of October. A jury trial is scheduled for Nov. 5 in Cambridge District Court.

Harvard dining workers have been without a contract since June 19 as negotiations with UNITE HERE Local 26 continue.

The university recorded 229 internal reports in 2022-23, up from 150 the year before. Student advocates are calling for annual releases to resume.

More than 7,200 new undergraduates enrolled across the university's campuses, including 2,820 first-year students in Boston.