“This coalition of unions backing the Statement of Unity is unprecedented, and we are here to build the political will to fully fund higher education,” said Mia McIver, a lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles, and chair of Higher Education Labor United, an organization that’s working to better coordinate the higher ed unions. “College in this country should be something that everyone has access to and everyone benefits from, and that’s why we’re fighting back against the big money interests and corporate takeovers that are hollowing out our colleges and universities.”
