From our colleagues at AfSCME 3299: The University of California is in trouble. Over 13,000 frontline UC Service and Patient Care Workers have left their jobs in the last four years due to declining job quality, chronic understaffing, declining wages, and the inability to afford living near work. But frontline workers are fighting back and […]
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From our colleagues at SEIU 509: The Core faculty at Lesley University consists of about 80 Full time Non-Tenure-Track (NTT) professors who have been bargaining for TWO YEARS. Yesterday, April 27, they bargained from noon well into the night, but still couldn’t get the University to budge on important proposals like compensation, workload, and successorship,
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From our colleagues at SEIU Local 73: Union faculty at Loyola University Chicago (LUC) need your support as we bargain for a fair contract! Nearly half of Loyola classes are taught by non-tenure-track faculty. However, Loyola NTTs receive less than a quarter of the dollars spent on salary. Full-timers struggle to manage burnout teaching loads
From our colleagues at the Graduate Employees Organization at University of Illinois Chicago (UIC-GEO): UIC-GEO has been bargaining with the university administration for a new contract since April 28th, 2025 – nearly an entire year. They have been working without a new contract since August of 2025. Throughout this process the university administration has made
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Higher ed labor is organizing. Learn more and join us. April 2026 HELU Chair’s Message From Levin Kim, HELU Chair and member of UAW 4121: This May Day, thousands of higher ed workers, students, alumni, and community members from coast to coast are taking to the streets. Will you be a part of the
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by Jenna Chernega, HELU Vice Chair and Chair of the HELU Politics & Policy Committee The Politics and Policy (P&P) committee is fairly large. I would guess that there are well over 20 people on the google groups list. Basically, we let anyone in who expresses interest in joining the committee, either when they join HELU
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by Helena Worthen, based on an interview with Thomas Gokey, Organizer for Debt Collective, a HELU member labor organization, and active with the HELU Policyand Politics Committee HELU’s basic idea of centering the hoped-for transformation of the higher ed sector around labor means confronting opposition on multiple levels. One level is obviously collective bargaining, where
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From our colleagues at 32BJ-SEIU: Tufts workers are asking folks to write a letter to university leadership in support of an excellent union contract for facilities staff represented by SEIU 32BJ. Their core demands are: The labor performed by SEIU 32BJ is essential to keeping Tufts running and its academic output cutting-edge. These union members
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From our colleagues at AAUP Smith: Hampshire College is closing, and hundreds of staff and faculty are facing sudden job loss without severance. A group of Hampshire staff and faculty have launched an Emergency Relief Fund, providing direct financial assistance for immediate needs such as housing, food, healthcare, and other essential expenses. Funds raised here
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From Levin Kim, HELU Chair and member of UAW 4121: This May Day, thousands of higher ed workers, students, alumni, and community members from coast to coast are taking to the streets. Will you be a part of the growing movement? Learn more and register for a May Day action near you. Additionally, hear from
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