From Evan Bowman, HELU Vice Chair and Delegate from AFSCME Local 328 Oregon Out here in Oregon we have pretty much acknowledged that federal funding for higher education is a non-starter. Chronic underfunding of our public institutions has and continues to degrade the ability to perform our work. Therefore, organizing has begun for an in-person […]
Forming a coalition in Oregon to raise state funding for higher ed Read More »
The U.S. Department of Education provides vital services and support both for higher education and K-12, but its impacts aren’t always clear. Join us on April 1 to discuss what higher education loses when the Department of Education is destroyed and how we can respond collectively. We will provide details on organizing next steps. We
April 1 – How the Department of Education’s Destruction Impacts Higher Ed Read More »
From our colleagues at United Campus Workers of Kentucky: Last week was devastating for the students, staff, and faculty at Kentucky’s public universities, and for everyone concerned about the state of postsecondary education in our Commonwealth. But it was not unexpected, and our coalition still has important work to do going forward. Now that Representative
Petition for Kentucky Governor Beshear to VETO House Bill 424 Read More »
By cutting funds to lifesaving research and medical care, the Trump administration is abandoning families who are suffering and costing taxpayers billions of dollars. These cuts are dangerous to our health, and dangerous to our economy. On Tuesday, April 8th, 2025 workers across the country are standing up and demanding NO cuts to education and
April 8 – Participate in a “Kill the Cuts!” Action Read More »
From our colleagues at the Coalition for Action in Higher Education: As campus workers and citizens, educators and researchers, staff, students, and university community members, we exercise a powerful collective voice in advancing the democratic mission of our colleges and universities. It is our labor and our ideas which sustain higher education as a project
April 17 – Host an Event for the National Day of Action for Higher Education Read More »
From our colleagues at Student Workers of Columbia (UAW Local 2710): Columbia University abandoned GSAPP PhD candidate Ranjani Srinivasan to abduction by ICE, cancelling her student status and housing agreement without due process. She was forced to leave the country for Canada, where she is currently. Columbia has made its students less safe under already
Reinstate Ranjani Srinivasan & Protect International Students and Higher Education Now Read More »
The Faculty and Staff Federation of Community College of Philadelphia (FSFCCP), which just had a 97% approval strike authorization with almost 90% participation, is under attack. Today, the PA Labor Relations Board (PLRB) announced that they will appoint a fact finder. This move is a delay tactic that draws out our already long-overdue fight for a
Thursday in Philadelphia: Support FSFCCP at City Hall Read More »
From our colleagues at United Academics of Maryland (UAM): We have been fighting in Annapolis for collective bargaining legislation for all faculty and librarians in Maryland higher ed institutions for the last three years. It has been a tough fight, but we may be on the cusp of a major breakthrough. It seems likely that
From our colleagues at PSU-AAUP: Unfortunately even after over 170 hours of PSU-AAUP bargaining, mediation, and impasse, the Cudd administration is resisting making meaningful changes to layoff protections or respecting shared governance, resisting giving academic professionals a livable COLA or any annual payscale, and delaying a contract which has bilingual pay for BIPOC academic professionals
From our colleagues at GSOC-UAW Local 2110, the union for graduate workers at NYU: On Feb. 19, 2025, NYU suspended three more student-workers, all from the Department of Art and Public Policy, for participating in a study-in at Bobst Library on December 11, 2024. This includes an international student, who will be deported immediately, and resulted
Tell NYU: Stop the deportations. Amnesty for all suspended students—now! Read More »