MAY 24 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Union members protest layoff threats at Harvard's Commencement exercises! 1350 Mass. Ave. Cambridge (Harvard Red line T).

Even though 65 library staff members have reluctantly accepted a meager "early retirement" deal, HU's administrators refuse to lift their threats to cut even more jobs. The library workforce is already almost a third smaller than it was in '09, which has led, predictably, to diminished library assistance and services. Rank & file members of the Harvard Union of Clerical & Technical Workers will avail themselves of the opportunity to reach out to students, alumni and families. We plan to expose the damage that has been done to the libraries already, and how much more harm further cuts would inflict. Please join us! We'll gather at Harvard's Holyoke Center, 1350 Massachusetts Avenue, starting at 11 a.m.