Members of the Harvard Graduate Students Union accused former late night host Stephen Colbert and cellist Yo-Yo Ma of crossing a picket line to attend an event at Sanders Theatre on Nov. 5.
The union has been on strike since Oct. 27, seeking higher wages and stronger workplace protections, and asked Colbert and Yo-Yo Ma to not cross their picket line ahead of the event "Arts for Life's Sake" organized by Office of the Arts.
The planned event, however, was cut short 40 minutes after it started due to a fire alarm going off in the building, according to Harvard Magazine . Colbert and Yo-Yo Ma were evacuated shortly after and the event did not resume. The union's vice president Evan Lemire told the outlet that even though members were protesting outside the event, the evacuation was a coincidence and that the union wasn't involved in causing it.
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The alarm was unrelated to HGSU's picketing activity and we have no knowledge of its cause," the union wrote on its Instagram . "Members at the picket were relieved to learn that no one inside was at risk."
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