Tracy Berger

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Sign on: Build a better future at Eastern Kentucky University

At the end of 2022, administrators at Eastern Kentucky University sent down word of a “soft” hiring freeze. This freeze is just one more item on a list of unfair decisions made by university administrators without input from the employees they impact. The unjust and unethical status quo doesn’t work. It leads to rapid burnout […]

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A flyer for PFSU's Rally for Power and Protection for Grad Workers on Wed. Feb. 15, 2023

Support Princeton Graduate Students United – Contribute

Princeton Graduate Students United is a group of graduate students committed to winning the right and the opportunity to have a say in the terms and conditions of our employment here at Princeton. Through ground-up, grassroots organization, we are identifying the needs and concerns of Princeton graduate student workers and the ways in which we can improve our relationship with

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Sign GEO Open Letter: We Stand with University of Michigan Grad Workers

Sign this open letter to stand with the Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO) in their contract negotiations for a living wage. Grad workers’ compensation should reflect the value they provide to the University. Graduate workers teach a majority of discussion sections and introductory classes, create ground-breaking research, and play a central role to the University’s educational

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The University of Colorado’s non-tenure track faculty deserve stable working conditions and living, professional wages

A petition for anyone generally concerned with the state of public higher education in Colorado. Across the country, including at the University of Colorado, non-tenure track (NTT) contingent faculty make up the majority of university faculty and represent the future of higher education, yet these workers are compensated at a fraction of what tenured and

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Notes from the UIC-UF Picket Line

From Anne Balay, HELU Media & Communications Team Lead On January 17 and 18, 2023, I walked with striking workers on the picket line at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). These tenure-track and full-time non-tenure-track faculty workers are members of UIC United Faculty (UIC-UF). Each day, workers walked picket lines from 10am to noon,

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UC Lab School workers and supporters rally with signs of support

Solidarity with UC-AFT teachers preparing to strike

UC-AFT members at UCLA’s Lab School (contingent instructors who teach grades K-6 on the UCLA campus and conduct research and outreach in conjunction with UCLA’s School of Education) are going on strike this Wednesday and Thursday (1/25 and 1/26/23) to protest the administration’s illegal refusal to bargain.  There are two solidarity asks:  More info is

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UIC faculty on strike, with UIC-UF hat

Contribute to the UIC-UF Strike Fund

University of Illinois at Chicago–United Faculty (UIC–UF) went on strike today (Jan. 17, 2023) for: For some UIC-UF workers, a strike could lead to financial challenges. To that end, UIC-UF has authorized an Emergency Strike Fund to be prepared to help striking members meet their short-term financial needs. 100% of funds raised will be distributed directly to union members experiencing financial hardships.

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Labor Spring 2023: Nationwide worker justice teach-ins, events, and actions

Sign up to host a #LaborSpring 2023 Worker Justice Teach-In

In the wake of the global pandemic, many U.S. working people are organizing for a multiracial democracy in which they have more power on the job and in their communities.  Their efforts build, in part, on a newfound public appreciation for labor unions that developed out of a celebration of essential workers and subsequent dismay

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Petition for a Living Wage for Graduate Employees at Binghamton University

On November 28, 2022 the Binghamton University chapter of the Graduate Student Employee Union announced the commencement of its living wage campaign. According to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Living Wage Calculator, the living wage for one adult with no children in Broome County is $34,574 per year. In comparison, Binghamton University graduate and teaching assistants

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