The Harvard Crimson reports that the deal still must ratified by the full membership of UNITE HERE Local 26, the union that represents Harvard’s dining service workers..
Union leaders say employees could return to work as early as Thursday.
About 750 dining service workers went on strike on Oct. 5 as the union sought to increase wages and to maintain the university’s current health benefits package.
The tentative agreement came after a day of intense picketing and rallying by workers and student supporters. More than 500 students walked out of class and staged a sit-in that lasted late into the night.