from Sean O’Brien, AAUP-AFT 6075 at Wayne State University HELU is teamed up with Labor@Wayne, the labor education program at Wayne State University in Michigan, to do an occasional series of labor history/labor issue lectures. Labor education programs like Labor@Wayne exist at many public colleges and universities and bring a perspective on the world that […]
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From Joseph Ramsey, University of Massachusetts Boston The Contingency Task Force is the place in HELU that draws people for whom the issue of contingency is central, where they can report, discuss, debate, and strategize. Of all the activist formations in HELU, the CTF may be the least formal, although it is also productive and
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Earlier in January, the University of North Carolina Greensboro released a list of programs up for elimination. From our union siblings at UNCG AAUP: The proposed list of cuts released by the Chancellor overwhelmingly targets the College of Arts and Sciences, chipping away at UNCG’s promise of a well-rounded liberal arts education that will prepare
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From our union siblings at United University Professions (UUP) at the SUNY system: SUNY Chancellor John B. King Jr. announced a plan Jan. 16 to make drastic changes in the structure and operation of SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. SUNY’s plan would relegate this safety net hospital to a wing in Kings County Hospital Center.
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From our union siblings at University of Maryland AAUP-AFT: Workers in Maryland’s public institutions of higher education are organizing for the passage of legislation allowing them to engage in collective bargaining. We need your support! Collective bargaining is a fundamental right of all workers, but faculty and students in Maryland state institutions of higher education
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We invite activists and teacher-scholars to a 2-part virtual discussion about the new book Contingent Faculty and the Remaking of Higher Education: A Labor History (2024). Register here. Session 1: Thursday, February 15, 2024, 7:30-9pm ET/6:30-8pm CT/5:30-7pm MT/4:30-6pm PT Session II: Thursday, March 14, 2024, 7:30-9pm ET/6:30-8pm CT/5:30-7pm MT/4:30-6pm PT Each session will include an
Monday, January 22, 2024 at 4pm ET/3pm CT/2pm MT/1pm PT Panelists will discuss the events of November 2022, when 48,000 graduate workers, postdocs, and academic researchers went on strike at the University of California. This was the largest strike to-date in higher education. While the outcomes of the strike are well-documented, less is known about
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Graduate workers at the University of Oregon (UO) plan to go on strike starting January 17, 2024. Already they are seeing many of their jobs being posted for scab hirings. The Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation (GTFF), the union of graduate workers at UO, is asking for solidarity from the higher education labor community. After nearly
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Have you heard that unelected Penn trustees are now considering a hostile takeover of the University of Pennsylvania’s basic academic functions? A letter circulated among the trustees by a private equity billionaire suggests that they might unilaterally close departments, change faculty hiring criteria (with the aim of destroying DEI initiatives), and impose a speech code to discipline students and
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Sign onto this petition to oppose Connecticut Governor Lamont’s decision to severely underfund higher education, a decision that results in significant adverse impacts on CT’s community colleges, state universities and UConn campuses. More information from the petition “Prioritize Higher Education and Address the $200 Million Funding Deficit” on ActionNetwork – please sign!: Disproportionally, these cuts impact