Michelle Wu

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu ’07 has withdrawn as the Class Day speaker for Harvard Law School after the Harvard Graduate Student Union-United Auto Workers asked her not to cross its picket line, according to an email sent to graduating law students on Tuesday evening. (Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Withdraws as HLS Class Day Speaker After Union Urges Her Not to Cross Picket Line, The Harvard Crimson) Mayor Michelle Wu has abruptly withdrawn as the Class Day speaker for Harvard Law School scheduled on Wednesday, one day before the commencement ceremony, the university confirmed. (The Boston Globe)

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Mayor Wu, who had been scheduled to give the Class Day speech at Harvard Law School on Wednesday, will instead stay on this side of the Charles, because she won't cross a picket line set up by striking Harvard graduate students. (Wu won't cross grad-student picket line; cancels Harvard Law commencement address, Universal Hub) Wu, who graduated from Harvard Law in 2012, was selected by this year’s class to speak on Class Day, which is held the day before Thursday’s commencement. (The Boston Globe) Mayor Wu had withdrawn as Class Day speaker one day before the ceremony, at the request of the union representing striking graduate student workers. (The Boston Globe)

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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu ’07 has withdrawn as the Class Day speaker for Harvard Law School after the Harvard Graduate Student Union-United Auto Workers asked her not to cross its picket line, according to an email sent to graduating law students on Tuesday evening. (Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Withdraws as HLS Class Day Speaker After Union Urges Her Not to Cross Picket Line, The Harvard Crimson)

Mayor Michelle Wu has abruptly withdrawn as the Class Day speaker for Harvard Law School scheduled on Wednesday, one day before the commencement ceremony, the university confirmed. (Mayor Wu cancels plans to deliver remarks to graduates at Harvard Law School, university says, The Boston Globe) Wu, who graduated from Harvard Law in 2012, was selected by this year’s class to speak on Class Day, which is held the day before Thursday’s commencement. (The Boston Globe) Mayor Wu had withdrawn as Class Day speaker one day before the ceremony, at the request of the union representing striking graduate student workers. (The Boston Globe)

Mayor Wu, who had been scheduled to give the Class Day speech at Harvard Law School on Wednesday, will instead stay on this side of the Charles, because she won't cross a picket line set up by striking Harvard graduate students. (Wu won't cross grad-student picket line; cancels Harvard Law commencement address, Universal Hub)