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Contribute to the UC Academic Workers Strike Support & Hardship Fund

48,000 Academic Workers at the University of California began striking Monday, Nov. 14, 2022. Show your solidarity by contributing to the UC Academic Workers Strike Support and Hardship Fund! This is the official hardship fund of UAW 2865, UAW 5810, and Student Researchers United-UAW. This fund will be used to help Academic Workers who experience hardship as a […]

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UAP UArts Staff Union Demonstration

Participate in the UAP Adjunct Pay Project

United Academics of Philadelphia (AFT Local 9608) is collecting adjunct (part-time faculty) pay information from across the Philadelphia region to help adjuncts easily compare pay rates and ultimately be able to better advocate for sustainable and equitable compensation. Anyone teaching as an Adjunct in the Philadelphia region is welcome to share pay information for this

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Public Service Loan Forgiveness for Adjunct Faculty

from Alyssa Picard at AFT Higher Education The Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program is a free federal program available to public service workers, including adjunct and contingent faculty. This program allows educators and others to have the balance of their federal student loan debt wiped away after meeting certain requirements. Through Oct. 31, 2022,

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Petition to Save Social Sciences at WCSU

On October 6, 2022, the Provost and Vice-President for Academic Affairs at Western Connecticut State University recommended the University eliminate all Department of Social Sciences majors and eight of the department’s eleven minors.   This would eliminate the study of Anthropology, Economics, Geography, and Sociology as well as threaten Political Science. The elimination of Social

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Chronicle of Higher Ed: The Real Fight for Academic Freedom

Protecting freedom of expression is vital, but it is useless to divorce disputes about the content of research and teaching from the attacks on the very structures of higher education that house, fund, and govern it. Supporters of free speech must work with and learn from labor organizers, debt resisters, community organizers, advocates for racial

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Add your voice in support of faculty at Berklee College of Music and Boston Conservatory at Berklee!

The faculty of Berklee College of Music are bargaining with administration for a contract to replace the current agreement. To continue to provide Berklee students with a world-class education and first-rate professional training, they are asking administration to invest in faculty in the following ways: pay commensurate with professional achievements, elevated living costs, and impact

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Call for applications: Part-time Outreach Coordinator

At the September 29, 2022 HELU general assembly meeting, the Interim Steering Committee and present HELU members voted to call for applications for an outreach coordinator. This individual will coordinate HELU’s launch as a nonprofit organization and the campaign to onboard endorsing local unions and organizations as HELU member organizations. This position is stipended at

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