Higher education remains the target of continued political attacks from the federal government. College and university administrations remain too slow in their response with many obeying in advance by cutting programs and taking extreme actions against “problematic” faculty and our international students and workers.
Higher ed workers – staff, faculty, university healthcare workers, facilities & maintenance workers, research assistants, academic advisors, students; in short, anyone who works on a campus – must come together as a united front to defend higher education as a public good. Higher ed must be fully-funded, with living wages and job security for everyone working on campus. We must look into the next four years with courage, determination, solidarity, and long-term strategy.
HELU has been organizing since 2021 and is growing. HELU Open Houses are designed to welcome folks into the national higher ed organizing space and help everyone find a way to plug in.
HELU is powered by our member unions and their delegates, as well as everyone who joins in our committee work. We are looking to expand our work in response to what we know is coming over the next four years. The only way we can do that is with more capacity in HELU’s committees. Join HELU on Thursday, October 16, at 8 ET/ 7 CT/ 6 MT/ 5 PT invite you to come to the Open House to find your place within HELU.