Deming Says College Did Not Make Extensive Contingency Plans Ahead of Academic Workers’ Strike

News Deming Says College Did Not Make Extensive Contingency Plans Ahead of Academic Workers’ Strike Harvard College Dean David J. Deming said the College did not make extensive contingency plans before Harvard Academic Workers-United Auto Workers went on strike in a Tuesday interview. | By Pavan V. Thakkar By Sebastian B. Connolly and Summer E. Rose, Crimson Staff Writers Harvard College did not develop extensive contingency plans ahead of the Harvard Academic Workers-United Auto Workers strike, College Dean David J. Deming said in a Tuesday interview, arguing that preparing too aggressively for a walkout could undermine good-faith negotiations.“We didn’t stand up a whole bunch of parallel systems because I think that would sort of be inconsistent with the idea that parties are negotiating in good faith,” he said.Harvard Graduate Student Union-United Auto Workers began its second strike of the year on Oct. 27.

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