Bennington College United (BCU), the union of staff, faculty and campus safety at Bennington College won recognition of their majority in February of 2024. Seven months later, the Bennington management team has only made proposals on eleven articles (zero economic articles). Sign BCU’s petition calling the management bargaining team to come to the table in […]
From Mia McIver, HELU Chair, UC-AFT Local 1474 Dear HELU Members and Friends, This month, HELU reached a momentous milestone. On September 16th at the Community College of Philadelphia (CCP), we rolled out a national Statement of Unity calling for full federal funding of public higher education, expanded access for students, and sustainable working conditions
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The following remarks were delivered on Monday, September 16 at the press conference held at Community College of Philadelphia to announce the Statement of Unity. My name is Mia McIver. I teach as a contingent faculty member at UCLA. I serve as the elected chair of Higher Ed Labor United. HELU is a nationwide coalition
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From Mike Budd, United Faculty of Florida NEA/AFT/AAUP/AFL-CIO The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is becoming more of a labor union and less of an old-fashioned advocacy organization, with new, more activist leadership, influenced by increased organizing in the higher education labor movement, and moving to counter more authoritarian management by higher education bosses.
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Event held on September 12, 2024 SFNDHE organized another virtual forum as part of its series to both raise awareness and provide guidance on effective action to address the crisis in higher education. It was co-sponsored by HELU and UCW-GA. Jennifer Ruth facilitated the conversation with Timothy Kaufman-Osborn, who argued that the project of shared
From Rhea Chappell, University of Michigan undergraduate student worker I started working as an employee for the University of Michigan almost a year ago in the Event Setup Team for one of the university buildings. Though the work could be difficult at times, the people I met working there and the satisfaction I felt from
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From Brendan McGovern, UUP Binghamton Chapter President ITHACA, NY – Members of UAW Local 2300, representing around 1,200 custodians, groundskeepers, cooks, food service workers, mechanics, greenhouse workers, gardeners, and other essential workers at Cornell’s Ithaca campus, have just ratified a new four-year contract. This followed a strike that started August 18 and ended September 3. Higher
A&S Full Time Lecturers (FTLs), SMFA Professors of the Practice (POPs), & School of Engineering (SOE) Graduate Workers make Tufts students’ learning experience the best that it can be. Sign SEIU Local 509’s petition calling on the Tufts administration to negotiate a fair contract that includes livable wages, transparent responsibilities, and equitable workloads. The working
The nearly 800 Food Service and Building Service Workers, members of SEIU Local 73, at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign are planning to go on strike. These essential workers are the heart of the University. They cook the food for the students living in the dorms. They clean the buildings on campus. They deserve
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