Tracy Berger

Email Zap: Reinstate pro-Palestine student workers at the University of Michigan!

U-M President Santa Ono and the Board of Regents are leading an unprecedented campaign of mass repression againstpro-Palestine activists, using police violence, criminal charges, internal disciplinary processes, and firings to deter themovement, despite overwhelming support for divestment on campus. Just before the start of the 2024-2025 academic year, University of Michigan HR informed at least

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In support of Resolution #5: Addressing Health Care Profiteering at the AFSCME 46th International Convention, August 10-16 in Los Angeles

from Evan Bowman – AFSCME Local 328 representing over 8,000 healthcare workers in Portland, Oregon and across our nation, and Media & Communications Co-chair of Higher Education Labor United I rise in support of this resolution both as a healthcare IT worker witnessing the ravages of privatization and profiteering on Oregon’s healthcare system, as well

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HELU & COCAL: Can we talk?

From Helena Worthen, Chair, HELU Media & Communications Committee Does HELU need an international coalition partner? The Coalition on Contingent Academic Labor (COCAL) concluded its fifteenth bi-annual conference on August 9 in Gatineau, Quebec, drawing approximately 100 participants from Mexico, the US and Canada. This marked nearly 30 years of a project that is both

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What is Garcetti and why does it complicate Freedom of Speech lawsuits?

From Helena Worthen, Chair, HELU Media & Communications Committee In the recent Contingency Task Force discussion on job security for contingent faculty, the Garcetti case was mentioned. Here is a non-lawyer’s shakedown of what Garcetti means when we’re talking about job security, whether one is contingent or not. Basically, Garcetti created a false logic to

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Higher Ed and Other Workers Organizing in North Carolina

From Daniel Bayer GREENSBORO – North Carolina presently has the second-lowest union membership in the United States, after South Carolina. But North Carolina has a long history of union organizing. To understand the increasing activity among AAUP higher education advocacy chapters, it is important to learn something about the labor history of North Carolina on

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Rest in Power, Bill Lipkin

From Joe Ramsey, HELU Steering Committee and Chair of the Contingency Task Force The passing of Bill Lipkin is very sad news indeed. Bill Lipkin was a serious, passionate fighter for adjunct faculty rights across New Jersey and within HELU. From the very beginning, Bill was a key member of HELU’s organizing efforts (even before

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