“We have more power now on our campuses than we’ve had in recent memory… We couldn’t actually be better positioned to fight back against the kind of authoritarian attacks that we’re seeing.” – Ian Gavigan, National Director of HELU Continue reading at Inside Higher Ed.
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On Tuesday, April 8, a coalition of labor and civil society organizations, organized by Higher Ed Labor United (HELU), will hold demonstrations in more than 30 US cities. These demonstrations, called Kill the Cuts, will escalate over the next months as more and more campuses join in. The Kill the Cuts website has a map
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From our colleagues at WOAW-UAW: WOAW-UAW represents approximately 30% of faculty and teaches 40% of the courses across all disciplines, from Lecturers to Instructors in Science Laboratory to Mellon Postdoctoral Fellows. Since May 2024, the WOAW-UAW bargaining committee has been negotiating with Wellesley over all issues pertaining to our work. Despite 23 bargaining sessions, spanning
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From our colleagues at SEIU: Tomorrow, SEIU is taking action across the country to defend our freedom of speech and to declare that all immigrants deserve due process and transparency. At more than 10 ICE detention centers and field offices, on college campuses, or wherever we can take a minute to participate online, we’re going
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From Maya Cruz, a member of SEIU 925, staff at the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies The Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, housed at the University of Washington, connects students, staff, and faculty to the study of labor through education, research, and relationships with working communities and the broader labor movement. Our latest
From Joe Ramsey (Chair, HELU Contingency Task Force; Delegate from FSU/MTA and HELU Steering Committee) Our March 16 zoom event embodied HELU’s coast-to-coast and wall-to-wall aspirations, with speakers from across the country representing higher educators across ranks, from tenured and tenure-track faculty to graduate students, adjunct and full-time contingent faculty. Seventy event participants hailed from
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From Anne Balay, Delegate to HELU from the National Writers Union and staff with SEIU 509 On March 16th, HELU’s Contingency Task Force (CTF) hosted a zoom conversation about union democracy. I was one of four panelists discussing the tension between growing our movement by uniting across differences in power and pay and ensuring that
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From Emily Steinlight, Delegate to HELU from AAUP/Penn and member HELU Steering Committee On Thursday, March 20th, members of the six unions and labor organizations in the Penn campus Coalition of Workers at Penn rallied to present a joint petition against Penn’s anticipatory compliance with executive orders that threaten us all. Members of AAUP-Penn, GETUP-UAW, CIR-SEIU, Penn Libraries United
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From Rebecca Givan, HELU Delegate from Rutgers AAUP/AFT LOCAL 6323 and member of HELU Steering Committee At Rutgers, we’re seeing (unsurprisingly) a massive upsurge in engagement from our member in the STEM fields (especially our faculty). When federal science funding has been threatened, for example through the cap on indirect costs, and the slashing of
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From Brendan McGovern, Delegate to HELU and President, UUP Binghamton Chapter These are uncertain times for higher education. With aggressive attacks from the Trump administration targeting federal research funding, student aid, and even the very existence of the Department of Education, faculty and students alike are facing unprecedented challenges. Here in upstate New York, United
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