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Sat Apr 13, 2019, 07:52 PM Apr 2019

Harvard grad student union clashes with university over sexual harassment policy

As it seeks to negotiate its first contract, a graduate student union at Harvard University is clashing with the school over how it deals with sexual harassment and discrimination claims.

The Harvard Graduate Students Union - United Auto Workers is pushing for “a neutral grievance process for survivors of harassment and discrimination, guaranteed through a union contract,” according to a Friday statement.

The group said that only through such a process will Harvard’s culture change.

But the school, in a statement, said that the union’s proposal would “skip over the detailed investigatory process that is in place to ensure thoroughness, fair play, and due process for the complainant and respondent alike.”

Read more: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/04/12/harvard-grad-student-union-clashes-with-university-over-sexual-harassment-policy/zxpoIsWQD5KHi2TqDyQflO/story.html

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