Tracy Berger

Solidarity Ask from UCW Alabama: Give Jacksonville State Workers a Living Wage

All workers at Jax State deserve to be paid a living wage. For too long, employees of the university have not been fairly compensated for their work. We are calling on President Don Killingsworth to increase wages for hourly workers to align with the cost of living in Northeast Alabama. Sign the petition to let

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Academic Freedom Under Attack in Texas: Sign the open letter in support of Jairo Fúnez-Flores

From our colleagues at the Texas Conference of the AAUP: Academic workers, please consider signing this statement in support of Texas Tech assistant professor Jairo I. Fúnez-Flores, who has been targeted, doxxed, and slandered due to his pro-Palestine commitment and online speech. We believe that regardless of their own political positions all scholars should be

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Protect Free Speech and Shared Governance at Arizona’s Public Universities

From our friends at UCW Arizona: Sign UCW Arizona’s petition to Governor Hobbs, asking her to veto several bills that would severely diminish free speech and dissolve shared governance at Arizona’s public universities. Shared governance is the democratic process in which educators, staff, and students, jointly decide the academic activities of the university. Academic freedom is the right of educators

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Portland State University faces cuts; Send letters to support PSU-AAUP workers

Portland State University administration has announced the decision to eliminate the Intensive English Language Program (IELP), terminating the positions of 12 PSU-AAUP represented employees as of July 1st. Our colleagues at PSU-AAUP have asked for solidarity from HELU member organizations. Please participate in these two letter writing campaigns:

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HELU is Hiring: Convention Coordinator

Higher Education Labor United (HELU) urgently seeks temporary staff through the beginning of July 2024 for the position of Convention Coordinator.  The Convention Coordinator serves as the lead for the planning and execution of HELU’s founding convention this spring, including all social organizational infrastructure (physical logistics and social, i.e., across HELU member and prospective member

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A HELU Roundtable in Los Angeles

From Mia McIver, UC-AFT On February 17, 2024, HELU partnered with UCLA’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE) to host an exciting roundtable conversation in Los Angeles. 50 participants joined in to discuss building coalitional power, politicizing our labor struggles, and expanding the labor movement in higher education. We were welcomed by Loretta

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March 28 – The Big Con in Higher Ed: How Consulting Firms Are Transforming the University and How to Fight Back

Thursday, March 28, 20247pm ET/6pm CT/5pm MT/4pm PTVirtual Forum on Zoom – Register here Please join us for a discussion with experts tracking the methods and impact of these firms and possible tactics to oppose them. Lisa Levenstein (University of North Carolina, Greensboro) will facilitate a conversation with: Part of #LaborSpring Co-sponsored by: Register here.

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National Day of Action for Higher Ed: Get Involved

AAUP-Penn is working together with many higher ed unions, AAUP chapters, HELU members, and student organizations across the country to plan a National Day of Action for Higher Education that will take place on April 17. The aim is not just to beat back the current attacks on academic freedom and on campus protests, DEI bans, and devastating budget

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