From our colleagues at PSU-AAUP: On Tuesday, October 15th, the majority of non-tenure track faculty at Portland State received notice of layoffs. Instead of doing its work to invest in students and workers to grow Portland State, the Board of Trustees and Administration think they can cut their way to “financial sustainability.” Instead of investing […]
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The workers, alumni, students, and community members of Colorado State University have started a petition to demand the following pay increase:
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From our colleagues at GSEU Binghamton: We demand a contract that values our labor and the vital role we play in making SUNY run. Sign onto this petition to support SUNY grad workers. What do we want? If you believe that these issues are important and you want SUNY and NY state to come to
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From our colleagues at the Coalition of Graduate Employees at Oregon State University (CGE-OSU AFT Local 6069): Our strike fund is live! All donations will go towards paying for the basic expenses of Graduate Workers in the event of a strike. Our goal is $50,000! If you want to help support our efforts, please donate
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From our colleagues at PSC-CUNY: CUNY’s negotiators have made no improvement to their economic offer since March. There can be no business as usual for CUNY management until we get a fair offer. The annual Manhattan hearing is typically attended by Trustees, the chancellery, and college presidents, and other administrators. PSC members have testified before
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Tuesday, October 298pm ET/7pm CT/6pm MT/5pm PTOnline via Zoom Colleges closing. Departments and courses eliminated. Austerity driving debt and debt driving austerity. Public higher education’s future is being held hostage by financial institutions and actors. How did it get this way? How do we organize to free public higher education from the talons of debt
Michigan Higher Ed Labor Summit: Labor, Higher Ed, and the 2024 Election Student debt. Job insecurity. Downsizing. Outsourcing. Management bloat. Want to fix what’s broken with our higher education system? Join local and national labor leaders and rank-and-file workers in a discussion about how we fight for public higher education system that works for all of
“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
Momodou Taal, a member of UE Local 300-Cornell Graduate Students United, was suspended by Cornell University without due process in retaliation for peaceful protest activities on campus. As a graduate worker, being suspended means that he loses his job, and as an international student, he is facing the threat of deportation. Local 300-CGSU and Cornell
Future of Higher Ed Town Hall: Labor, Higher Ed, and the 2024 Election October 17, 2024, 6-8pmCommunity College of Philadelphia AuditoriumBonnell Building 1st FloorEnter on 17th Street Join Higher Ed Labor United (HELU) member unions, the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO, AAUP national president Todd Wolfson, HELU Vice Chair and UAW 4121 President Levin Kim, and local higher