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current notes for HUCTW members
************************The 2009 Childcare Fellowship application is now available. See the Childcare Fund section for more information.
Our new Agreement includes new programs for housing and transportation. All details, including guidelines and application forms for these programs are now available on our web site at: Housing Assistance Small Loans Programs and Transportation Fund.
Recent communications about health care issues: Health Care Communications.
The Salary Calculator to determine your July 1, 2008 increase, is now on-line.
HUCTW Office has moved!
In 2007, the HUCTW Office moved to a more permanent location. Our office location and mailing address are now:
15 Mount Auburn Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Other contact information:
tel: 617-661-8289
fax: 617-661-9615 (call within 15 minutes to confirm receipt)
huctw.info@huctw.orgNew Agreement Ratified
For more information on the negotiations and all related documents, see the Contract Negotiations page.
Congratulations to all HUCTW Members! The tentative agreement between the University and HUCTW was ratified in the June 19, 2007 Ratification Election. For more on the election, see the Ratification Election page.
This Agreement includes some important new ideas, benefits improvements, and strong raises. The following documents provide more details:
As always, please call the HUCTW office at 617-661-8289 with any questions.AFSCME discounts, services, scholarships:
Our international organization, AFSCME, offers some scholarship programs for families of union members. Check the AFSCME scholarships page for information and application deadlines. See the AFSCME Advantage page for info on discounts and services available to union members.Workshops:
Are you in the wrong salary grade? Added lots of new skills and responsibilities? What can you do about it? Sign up for a Reclassification Workshop and find out! Check out the List of Workshops for Union Members for more details.
Harvard works because we do! The Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers is 4800+ Harvard employees of diverse ages, backgrounds, talents, and opinions. It was voted in on May 17th, 1988 and is now a strong, innovative local union affiliated with AFSCME, a national union representing mostly public employees. Most overtime-eligible (‘non-exempt’) Harvard Staff who are not part of one of the service worker or specialized trade unions are included in our bargaining unit and are eligible to become Union members.
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Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers
15 Mount Auburn Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
(ph) 617-661-8289
(fax) 617-661-9617