Tracy Berger

Support Philadelphia University of the Arts Faculty & Staff Amid Closure

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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June 11: Contingency Contract Language Exchange and Strategy Session

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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CWA: Join the Fight for Freedom for Nurses, Teachers, and Other Public Workers

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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Call for submissions – Dispatches from the Encampments and Beyond: Teaching and Student Protests for Palestine

Radical Teacher seeks submissions about teaching in and about the protest encampments and other forms of student activism that have emerged during the spring of 2024 across the U.S. and the world. What kinds of teaching and learning are happening in the encampments and elsewhere in this protest movement? What new knowledges, intellectual collaborations, and creative pedagogies are emerging

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Tell the North Dakota State Board of Higher Ed: Protect Tenure!

Over the course of the last year, the North Dakota State Board of Higher Education Post-Tenure Ad Hoc Committee has been reviewing tenure and the post-tenure review process at our colleges and universities. They recently prepared a report with findings and recommendations for tenure that could risk the ability of higher education institutions to recruit and retain

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UAW 4811 Workers at the University of California on Stand-Up Strike: Stand in Solidarity!

From our friends at YDSA in support of UAW 4811: The academic workers of UAW 4811 are going on an unprecedented strike to protect their rights to free speech, protest, and collective action. Members voted overwhelmingly in favor of authorizing a ULP strike over the violation of basic workplace rights like safety. The University of

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Support Student Workers on Strike: The NewSWU Solidarity Strike Fund

From NewSWU: “Student workers have authorized a strike, in part, in response to the arrests of several student workers among the 45 students engaged in civil disobedience on Friday, May 3rd. Students were protesting peacefully in support of the demands of the TNS Gaza Solidarity Encampment, which included the demand that TNS stipulate to a fair

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Higher Education Labor United (HELU) sets course for wall-to-wall, coast-to-coast movement at Founding Convention

[New Brunswick, May 19, 2024] – This weekend, May 17-19, Higher Education Labor United (HELU) hosted its Founding Convention. The Convention brought together over 185 educators, staff, students, and organizers from across the country for three days of learning, discussion, and organization-building. Delegates from more than 40 HELU Member Organizations participated in-person at Rutgers University

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Higher Education Labor United (HELU) to Host Founding Convention at Rutgers University May 17-19, 2024

[New Brunswick, May 15, 2024] – Higher Education Labor United (HELU) is pleased to announce its Founding Convention, scheduled to take place at the Labor Education Center at Rutgers University and online May 17-19. The Convention will bring together educators, staff, students, and organizers from across higher education labor to address pressing issues facing workers

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