City Council opposition to Harvard University’s efforts to strip union protections from workers in the Harvard Graduate Students Union bargaining unit, and to all forms of union busting, and go on record urging the Harvard administration to engage in good faith with the demands of our residents organizing with HGSU, HAW, and the Harvard Undergraduate Workers Union (HUWU), including fair pay, healthcare, and workplace harassment and discrimination protections

How it started

Oct 20, 2025 · Proposed by Councillor Sobrinho-Wheeler, Vice Mayor Azeem, Mayor Siddiqui, and Councillor Nolan: a statement of the Council’s position, not a request for action.

What happened

Oct 20, 2025 · ✅ Adopted, 8–1: the Council approved it (Order adopted)

Voted yes (8)

Burhan Azeem
Marc McGovern
Patty Nolan
Sumbul Siddiqui
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
Paul F. Toner
Ayesha M. Wilson
E. Denise Simmons

Voted no (1)

Cathie Zusy

Roll call of Oct 20, 2025 · from the city’s record · photos: City of Cambridge

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🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Oct 20, 2025

Public Comment (1)

1 written comment received (2025-10-27). Letter-writers are named in the city's own agenda and are not republished here, by policy.