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HUCTW, AFSCME 3650 @huctw.bsky.social · Sep 3

📣 'A federal judge in Boston has ordered the reversal of the Trump admin’s cuts to more than $2.6 billion in research grants for Harvard.

If the ruling stands, it promises to revive hundreds of life-changing Harvard research projects that lost federal money.'

Full article: abc7.com/17732995

HUCTW, AFSCME 3650 @huctw.bsky.social · Sep 3

The “United We Stand” rally will take place on Science Center Plaza at 4:30pm on Saturday, September 6th.

Speakers will include Harvard affiliates and elected officials.

Learn more: www.students4freedom.org/united-we-st...

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Crimson Courage @crimsoncourage.bsky.social · Aug 15

Thanks to collaborators on our letter (bit.ly/crimson-cour...):
@indivisible.org Students for Freedom @huctw.bsky.social @hgsuuaw.bsky.social UNITE HERE- local 26, Harvard Academic Workers, @aaup.org (Harvard faculty chapter), @32bjseiu.bsky.social

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HUCTW, AFSCME 3650 @huctw.bsky.social · Aug 26

The Childcare Fund is a need-based fund that helps HUCTW members with the costs of childcare incurred during the calendar year. Please apply by September 30, 2025 using our online application.

📌 Learn more & apply:
huctw.org/funds-and-lo...

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HUCTW, AFSCME 3650 @huctw.bsky.social · Jul 18

Harvard’s five largest campus unions urged the University to pledge to use more of its reserves to protect research and jobs amid federal attacks on the University in a letter emailed to Harvard’s top officials this week.

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

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HUCTW, AFSCME 3650 @huctw.bsky.social · Jun 24

“This case is about core constitutional rights that must be safeguarded: freedom of thought, freedom of expression, and freedom of speech, each of which is a pillar of a functioning democracy and an essential hedge against authoritarianism,” Burroughs wrote.

amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/06/...

HUCTW, AFSCME 3650 @huctw.bsky.social · Jun 14

TODAY (Sat. 6/14) let’s rally together against the Trump administration’s reckless assault on our rights, our freedoms, & our communities!

Rally in Boston in Copley Square, 11am-3pm:
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Or find a rally near you:
www.nokings.org#map

HUCTW, AFSCME 3650 @huctw.bsky.social · Jun 4

HARVARD ALUMS: please sign onto this alumni-organized amicus brief to show your support for Harvard and the life saving research carried out and facilitated by Harvard faculty, students, and staff!

Sign and read more: huctw.org/harvard_alum_amicus_2025

HUCTW, AFSCME 3650 @huctw.bsky.social · May 27

Show your support for Harvard international students TODAY at 5:30 at Science Center Plaza!

HUCTW, AFSCME 3650 @huctw.bsky.social · May 23

Harvard’s president: “We condemn this unlawful action. It imperils the futures of thousands of students across Harvard and serves as a warning to countless others throughout the country who have come to America to pursue their education and fulfill their dreams.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/u...

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HUCTW, AFSCME 3650 @huctw.bsky.social · May 22

Harvard: “The government's action is unlawful. We are fully committed to maintaining Harvard's ability to host our international students and scholars, who hail from more than 140 countries and enrich the University – and this nation – immeasurably.”

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HUCTW, AFSCME 3650 @huctw.bsky.social · May 15

‘In a message to University affiliates, Garber & Manning wrote that the funding would help sustain “critical research activity for a transitional period” and pledged continued support for faculty, postdocs, students, and staff affected by the cuts.’

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

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Mary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · May 3

Outrageous behavior from the chief of Harvard University Press and kudos to the Crimson for exposing this.

Mary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · May 3

“Andreou “heaped scorn” on Jack’s first book, calling it “barely publishable.”

“The Privileged Poor” went on to win six awards … and was named one of National Public Radio’s best books of 2019.”

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Harvard University Press Employees Say Director Drove Down Acquisitions and Morale | News | The Harvard Crimson

Since George T. Andreou ’87 became the press’s director in 2017, staff alleged — in interviews, union surveys, and letters to Harvard officials — that he belittled employees and mismanaged the publish...

www.thecrimson.com

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HUCTW, AFSCME 3650 @huctw.bsky.social · Apr 25

Trump is defunding schools, cutting critical public services, attacking unions, & targeting immigrants. It’s a war on working people. Let’s stand together against these attacks on May 1, 5:30 - 7:30, Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common

www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...

www.mobilize.us/mayday/map/

HUCTW, AFSCME 3650 @huctw.bsky.social · Apr 21

'If we yield to government attacks now and shutter essential research—including laying off hundreds of Harvard staff committed to that research—we help to give Trump he wants: control over our academic direction, our future, and our community.' Read more: huctw.org/open-letter-...

HUCTW, AFSCME 3650 @huctw.bsky.social · Apr 19

Find a rally near you tomorrow and stand up for our community members under threat, our jobs, and our constitutional rights!

www.fiftyfifty.one/events

HUCTW, AFSCME 3650 @huctw.bsky.social · Apr 15

‘Ms. Petrova is seeing the United States from a new and unsettling vantage point. “I feel like something is happening generally in America,” she said, in an interview over a video link. “Something bad is happening. I don’t think everybody understands.”’

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/s...

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HUCTW, AFSCME 3650 @huctw.bsky.social · Apr 14

‘Harvard University will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government.’

www.harvard.edu/research-fun...

HUCTW, AFSCME 3650 @huctw.bsky.social · Apr 12

👏❤️ Harvard chapter of the American Assoc. of Univ. Professors filed a lawsuit against the Trump admin on Friday alleging the review & demands threatening Harvard’s $8 billion+ in research funding was coercive & unlawfully undermined academic freedom.

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

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HUCTW, AFSCME 3650 @huctw.bsky.social · Apr 12

Harvard faces a choice on how to respond to the demands of the Trump administration & we want to ensure that Harvard stands up for its values.

“Stand Up, Harvard!” rally will be held Sat 4/12 at noon on Cambridge Common. Join community members to stand together for democracy & academic freedom!

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HUCTW, AFSCME 3650 @huctw.bsky.social · Apr 8

🚨TODAY at 5:00pm at the JFK Federal Building, 15 Sudbury Street, Boston, 5 p.m. Higher education workers, researchers, healthcare workers, faculty, and students are coming together to demand an end to attacks on universities, educators, research and health care. #KillTheCuts 🧬🩺🔬

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Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov · Apr 5

Boston is not a city that tolerates tyranny. We will not sit by while Donald Trump and his billionaire friends dismantle the protections that our families count on.

Thank you to the thousands of people who came out today to tell this administration #HandsOffBoston!

Mayor Wu speaks from the stage to a large crowd at City Hall Plaza.

Thousands of people standing together around a stage on City Hall Plaza.

A close up shot of crowds on the plaza holding signs and rallying at the protest.

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HUCTW, AFSCME 3650 @huctw.bsky.social · Apr 6

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Peter Bowden 😃 @peterbowdenlive.bsky.social · Apr 5

Hands Off Protest Boston!

April 5, 2025 Boston Common

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HUCTW, AFSCME 3650 @huctw.bsky.social · Apr 5

Hands off our school & hands off our neighbors! (And girls rule!) ❤️