From Helena Worthen: Why is CWA campaigning to create a federal public sector collective bargaining law? Their campaign message explains: There is currently no federal law that guarantees public sector workers the freedom to organize or engage in collective bargaining. That’s why we are demanding Congress pass the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act to […]
From Helena Worthen Organizers from North Dakota United (NDU) recently met with HELU organizers to discuss ND higher education workers’ situation and make connections with activists in other states. NDU is an 11,000 member state-level education and public employee union. In 2023, with the help of NDU advocacy, a bill in the North Dakota legislature,
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From Justine Hecht and Joe Ramsey Contingency Contract Language and Strategy Exchange On June 11, 2024 Higher Education Labor United’s Contingency Task Force (CTF) joined with HELU member organization, the Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA), alongside MTA’s Higher Education for All campaign, to co-host a “Contingency Contract Language Exchange and Strategy Session.” Over 60 adjunct and contingent
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From Ian Gavigan, HELU Recent developments in the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) show how HELU’s principles are reshaping the higher education labor movement. In a landslide victory, the United Faculty of the Common Good (UFCG) slate won four of the five open seats on AAUP’s National Council in the election held at the
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From our colleagues at WAU: Wayne Academic Union (WAU AAUP-AT Local 6075) represents around 1700 faculty and academic staff at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. We’re calling for fair compensation after a decade of wage stagnation, flexible work arrangements for our academic staff, and money for students facing housing instability. We know that we
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From our colleagues at DePaul: Academic Freedom is under attack at DePaul University! On May 8, 2024 an adjunct instructor at DePaul was fired without notice of a clear appeals process for offering an optional assignment that connected the course content to the atrocities taking place in Gaza. This was not an isolated incident, but
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A teach-in on the financial, moral, and educational obligations of a shuttered university June 10, 20245pm ET/4pm CT/3pm MT/2pm PT During this teach-in members of Debt Collective and authors of Lend and Rule will examine the debt realities of University of the Arts (Philadelphia), and engage in dialogue with participants about what the university owes, or doesn’t,
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From our colleagues at United Academics of Philly: Hundreds of faculty and staff members have dedicated their careers to supporting the students and mission at University of the Arts and are now left completely unsupported due to the announced closure of the University as of June 7th. That’s just 8 days after the announcement in
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Tuesday, June 11, 2024 5pm ET/4pm CT/3pm MT/2pm PT Join adjunct, contingent, and part-time faculty leaders from Massachusetts and across the country as we share and explore contract language related to contingent, adjunct, and part-time faculty contracts, and the strategies that are needed to win the contract improvements we need. This is an opportunity to
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From our colleagues at CWA: For years, the workplace rights of nurses, teachers, public safety officers, and other workers performing vital services to benefit the public have been under attack. Anti-worker politicians and their corporate donors have rigged the system to gut workers’ rights and go after health and safety requirements, staffing levels, and more.
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