{"id":150514,"date":"2026-05-06T15:09:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T23:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/05\/06\/harvard-law-students-support-striking-grad-students\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T15:09:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T23:09:55","slug":"harvard-law-students-support-striking-grad-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/05\/06\/harvard-law-students-support-striking-grad-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard Law Students Support Striking Grad Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

Harvard Law students have a busy schedule. When they don\u2019t have their noses to the page, many of them spend their time showing solidarity with causes they think need their support. And it isn\u2019t just for causes abroad<\/a>. Striking graduate students are a local issue that they\u2019re showing growing support for. The Crimson<\/a> has coverage:<\/p>\n

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Roughly 200 first-year Harvard Law School students \u2014 more than a third of the class \u2014 have signed letters supporting Harvard graduate student workers\u2019 strike and urging their professors to press the University to reach an agreement with HGSU-UAW, according to central organizer and first-year law student Matthew T. Tyler.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Five of the Law School\u2019s seven first-year sections \u2014 academic cohorts of roughly 80 students who take the same core classes \u2014 have sent letters to their section professors\u2026The letters call on Harvard to reach a fair contract with the graduate student union and ask section faculty to sign onto a faculty statement supporting HGSU-UAW and HAW-UAW strike action.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Faculty have also shown support; over a hundred committed to not replacing the striking students with new workers. I\u2019d like to think that each of them muttered \u201cFuck scabs\u201d in the most erudite way possible as they signed, but as it stands there\u2019s been no reporting on that tidbit. <\/p>\n

Given the sizeable support for the student union, it\u2019ll be harder for Harvard Law students to beat the leftist accusations. If only you could say the same for the institution \u2014 you might think it wouldn\u2019t be that hard of an ask for a multibillion-dollar institution to fairly pay their workers, but grad students have been pressing for better pay for years:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Harvard is the world\u2019s richest university \u2014 and Harvard\u2019s student workers say they are being paid sub-living wages. A Harvard Graduate Student Union leader tells Jacobin about the union\u2019s struggle with the university and why they\u2019re prepared to strike. https:\/\/t.co\/cn8pISMuFK<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jacobin (@jacobin) October 27, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Three cheers for solidarity! <\/p>\n

Roughly 200 Harvard Law Students Sign Letters Backing Graduate Student Strike <\/a>[The Crimson]<\/p>\n

Earlier<\/strong>: Harvard Law Students Vote To Divest From Israel<\/a><\/p>\n

So Much For Free Speech: Harvard Law Students Punished For Reading Together At Campus Library<\/a><\/p>\n

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Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord\u2122 in the Facebook group\u00a0Law School Memes for Edgy T14s . \u00a0He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boat builder who is learning to swim and is interested in rhetoric, Spinozists and humor. Getting back in to cycling wouldn\u2019t hurt either. You can reach him by email at christopherrashadwilliams@gmail.com<\/a> and by Tweet\/Bluesky at\u00a0@WritesForRent<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The post Harvard Law Students Support Striking Grad Students<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Harvard Law students have a busy schedule. When they don\u2019t have their noses to the page, many of them spend their time showing solidarity with causes they think need their support. And it isn\u2019t just for causes abroad<\/a>. Striking graduate students are a local issue that they\u2019re showing growing support for. The Crimson<\/a> has coverage:<\/p>\n

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Roughly 200 first-year Harvard Law School students \u2014 more than a third of the class \u2014 have signed letters supporting Harvard graduate student workers\u2019 strike and urging their professors to press the University to reach an agreement with HGSU-UAW, according to central organizer and first-year law student Matthew T. Tyler.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Five of the Law School\u2019s seven first-year sections \u2014 academic cohorts of roughly 80 students who take the same core classes \u2014 have sent letters to their section professors\u2026The letters call on Harvard to reach a fair contract with the graduate student union and ask section faculty to sign onto a faculty statement supporting HGSU-UAW and HAW-UAW strike action.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Faculty have also shown support; over a hundred committed to not replacing the striking students with new workers. I\u2019d like to think that each of them muttered \u201cFuck scabs\u201d in the most erudite way possible as they signed, but as it stands there\u2019s been no reporting on that tidbit. <\/p>\n

Given the sizeable support for the student union, it\u2019ll be harder for Harvard Law students to beat the leftist accusations. If only you could say the same for the institution \u2014 you might think it wouldn\u2019t be that hard of an ask for a multibillion-dollar institution to fairly pay their workers, but grad students have been pressing for better pay for years:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Harvard is the world\u2019s richest university \u2014 and Harvard\u2019s student workers say they are being paid sub-living wages. A Harvard Graduate Student Union leader tells Jacobin about the union\u2019s struggle with the university and why they\u2019re prepared to strike. https:\/\/t.co\/cn8pISMuFK<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jacobin (@jacobin) October 27, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Three cheers for solidarity! <\/p>\n

Roughly 200 Harvard Law Students Sign Letters Backing Graduate Student Strike <\/a>[The Crimson]<\/p>\n

Earlier<\/strong>: Harvard Law Students Vote To Divest From Israel<\/a><\/p>\n

So Much For Free Speech: Harvard Law Students Punished For Reading Together At Campus Library<\/a><\/p>\n

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Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord\u2122 in the Facebook group\u00a0Law School Memes for Edgy T14s . \u00a0He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boat builder who is learning to swim and is interested in rhetoric, Spinozists and humor. Getting back in to cycling wouldn\u2019t hurt either. You can reach him by email at christopherrashadwilliams@gmail.com<\/a> and by Tweet\/Bluesky at\u00a0@WritesForRent<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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