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“This really is a new day. In September, all of the unions with members working in higher education — the AAUP, the AFT, NEA, SEIU, AFSCME, UNITE HERE, Higher Education Labor United (HELU) — came together and aligned our vision for the future. This had never happened before. The AAUP and HELU were the only…

“I do see a trend of more ULP filings by student workers, but that also is consistent with the very high level of organizing of new bargaining units of new unions, particularly among grad workers and postdocs,” said UCLA Lecturer Mia McIver, the Chair of Higher Ed Labor United, a national organization with member unions…

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“The unions are issuing some familiar policy demands for Harris, including calls to boost federal support for schools, end student debt and enact comprehensive immigration reform. Other priorities are a bit more esoteric, such as a request for the vice president to support federal legislation that would guarantee public employees’ right to organize and bargain…

“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…

View the September 16, 2024 Labor for Higher Education coalition press conference on YouTube. View a PDF of the Statement of Unity here. Dear Vice President Kamala Harris, As unions representing U.S. higher education workers, we look forward to working with you and our elected partners to rebuild this country’s higher education system as a…