ACT-UAW Local 7902, the union of part-time faculty workers at The New School, has been on strike since Wednesday, Nov. 16. These workers haven’t had a raise since 2018 and The New School is refusing to offer pay increases that, at a minimum, meet inflation. Friends of The New School are invited to a Town […]
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Decades of attacks have starved the NLRB of the resources it needs. This means that union elections are delayed and bosses can retaliate against workers with impunity at this crucial moment in labor organizing. This could have a direct impact on higher ed organizing. NLRB workers are asking that unions and other labor-related organizations sign
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Our siblings in United Faculty of Florida are asking higher ed workers around the country to lend support as Florida faculty fight back against efforts to eliminate tenure. If the right-wing agenda to eliminate tenure in Florida succeeds, it will set us all back by threatening the academic and intellectual freedoms and erode job security that
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With a 99% strike authorization vote, Temple University Graduate Students’ Association (TUGSA) is ready to strike. Show solidarity by: TUGSA has been in negotiations with Temple U. administration since January 2022 and has been without a contract since February 2022. Temple administration has refused to discuss the majority of TUGSA’s proposals and claim that they
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From our union siblings at United Campus Workers Alabama: At the University of Alabama (and across the country), adjunct faculty worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic, many teaching the same course loads as full-time instructors, but without university-sponsored health insurance. UA graduate workers are also a critical part of the teaching work force and face tremendous
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Isolated actions are not going to solve a systemic problem. Higher education workers of all stripes must unite. Tenured faculty in particular must build solidarity with their more precarious coworkers. Labor justice for campus workers and education justice for students and alumni go hand in hand. The future of our democracy, which depends on an
The Adjunct faculty of Rutgers University teach 30% of Rutgers courses. Despite teaching a third of classes, adjunct faculty’s salaries comprise less than 1% of the University’s budget, and these workers are not offered affordable healthcare coverage or job security. They’ve been working without a contact since June, and Rutgers’ top management has stalled negotiations
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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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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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Housekeepers at UNC are demanding what sounds like the bare minimum: They are asking their fellow workers, students, and allies to sign this petition.