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Tufts unions allege bad-faith bargaining by university

By Gus Gladstein | December 9

Over the last decade, negotiations between Tufts University and labor unions have degraded. Multiple unions described challenging and exhausting negotiations, citing the university’s uncooperativeness and staunch resistance to increases in pay as driving forces behind the recent growth of collective action. Alternatively, the university expressed that its negotiation policies have been grounded in fiscally-responsible decision-making and an earnest desire to reach agreements. The university reports that it continues to view its union relationships as productive and successful.

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Full-time lecturers, SMFA professors of the practice, engineering graduate workers hold protest amid ongoing union negotiations

By Gus Gladstein | October 21

Around 130 people protested in solidarity with School of Museum Fine Arts professors of the practice, School of Arts and Sciences full-time lecturers and School of Engineering graduate workers on Oct. 9. The three groups, all represented by the Service Employees International Union Local 509 union, are engaged in contract negotiations with Tufts for pay increases, among other demands.  

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Protests continue over Tufts’ use of contractors accused of wage theft

By Gus Gladstein | September 5

The North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters demonstrated in front of the Joyce Cummings Center for a third time on Aug. 31, protesting Tufts’ use of general construction contractors who hire subcontractors accused of wage theft and other labor law violations. Currently, six Tufts buildings are under renovation: 123 Packard Avenue, the East Wing of the Science and Engineering Complex, Eaton Hall, Halligan Hall, Blakeley Hall and Bacon Hall.

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Features

Mayer Campus Center exemplifies Tufts’ rich architectural roots

By Gus Gladstein | January 17

In 1903, world-renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright broke ground on a mansion in Buffalo, N.Y. for local business leader Darwin D. Martin. A decade later and roughly 450 miles away, Frank G. Wren, former dean of liberal arts at Tufts, sounded the call for a building where students could gather at the heart of campus. Bearing a striking resemblance to Wright’s Martin House, the Mayer Campus Center was constructed after an anonymous donation of $1.25 million in 1980.

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