From Levin Kim, HELU Chair and member of UAW 4121, student workers, researchers and postdocs at the University of Washington Over the first six months in office, the Trump Administration attempted to gut funding for crucial research, attack immigrant and non-citizen workers, curtail academic freedom and freedom of speech, and more. These attacks on higher […]
Speakers include:Todd Wolfson, President, American Association of University ProfessorsDiana Vallera, President, Columbia College Faculty UnionBryan Sacks, Immediate Past President, Rutgers Adjunct UnionSydney Brahmavar, Secretary, Clark College Association of Higher Educators Join the Contingency Taskforce (CTF) of Higher Ed Labor United (HELU), Wednesday, July 30, from 6-8pm ET, for an urgent strategy discussion of how we
From our colleagues at AFT Vermont: AFT Vermont is the fastest growing union in Vermont. We intend to continue to seize opportunities to grow our membership and leverage our growing numbers to win more meaningful gains with our members and the working class. We are hiring a smart, motivated Lead Field Rep/Organizer who will support
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June 2025 HELU Chair’s Message From Levin Kim, HELU Chair As we fight back against the Trump Administration’s budget reconciliation bill, we need to be united and prepared to face the attacks on higher education that will inevitably come this fall, whatever shape they may take. By revoking federal funding for higher education and pushing increased costs
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In Florida, where Governor Ron DeSantis was carrying out Trump-style attacks on higher education before the 2024 election, the United Faculty of Florida, a statewide union, gathered organizers from various chapters and joined with other unions to hold a Worker’s Forum in Miami Springs, facilitated by the Miami-Dade DSA. – Editor From Chris Robé, Professor
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One appallingly cruel tactic of the Trump administration is the harassment, bullying and actual kidnapping of international students. The following was a presentation for HELU activists who want to know what they can do to protect international students at their colleges and universities. It was a zoom meeting in April 2025. – Editor From T.
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Metro organizing, where we organize everyone working in higher ed as a geographic unit, like a commute range, lends itself to social events. Boston organizers have started a HELU sponsored metro organizing meet-up. – Editor From Anne Balay, SEIU Local 509 and HELU Delegate from National Writers Union Contingent academic workers from across Boston had
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Where are the pressure points? Students explain why and how they accept the open invitation of the Arizona Board of Regents and show up to speak at meetings. – Editor From Hypatia Meraviglia and Marcos Esparza, members of United Campus Workers AZ 7065 and graduate students at Arizona State University (ASU) and the University of
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The unique situation of California part-timers embraces the work lives of around 40,000 community college faculty. California and its higher ed systems (the community colleges, state universities and the University of California system) are so big that it often behaves as if it is its own country. Many California faculty take what happens in California
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Mutual Academic Defense Compacts (MADC) are a strategy for joining institutions of higher ed together to protect each other from the attacks coming from the Trump administration. This movement began with resolutions taken by faculty senates, usually about academic freedom. Higher Ed Labor United is a coalition of local labor unions representing all kinds of
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