Tracy Berger

Tell the Portland State University Board: Reject Managed Decline, Fight for Funding

From our colleagues at PSU-AAUP: Portland State cannot solve an enrollment problem by cutting programs, jobs, and student pathways. Send a message to the Board of Trustees: stop the Article 22 layoffs and program cuts, implement an Academic Stability and Enrollment Recovery Plan, and commit to fighting for funding in the next legislative session. Read

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April 8 – Distributed Organizing Training

From our colleagues at the Emergency Campaign to Support Higher Education: We Have to Get Smaller to Get Bigger — The Foundation of Distributed Organizing At a basic level, people need meaningful roles to stay engaged. As your organization grows, responsibilities must be distributed effectively. Small teams are the best structure — they allow members

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Demand Reinstatement of Dr. Keith Jones at UMass Boston

From our colleagues at Faculty Staff Union at the University of Massachusetts Boston (FSU-MTA-NEA): In a brazen act of retaliation, Africana Studies Professor Keith Jones has been slated for termination this May (2026). Over the last five years at UMass Boston, no other eligible faculty member has been denied continuing appointment. Professor Jones’s unjust termination

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NYU needs a fair contract, not the disruption of a strike!

From our colleagues at Contract Faculty United at NYU (CFU-UAW 7902): It’s been almost two years since contract faculty at NYU voted for their union, Contract Faculty United – UAW, by an overwhelming margin. Yet for more than 16 months of negotiating, the NYU administration has dragged its feet, committed unfair labor practices, and refused

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Support PCCFFAP and its members during a potential strike

From our colleagues at Portland Community College Faculty Federation and Academic Professionals (PCCFFAP): Part-Time Faculty, Full-Time Faculty, and Academic Professionals at Portland Community College are standing up for each other, for our students, for our communities, and for great public education. Sign this pledge to stand united with PCC workers in demanding a contract that

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Submit Faculty Feedback to CPHE Accreditation Standards

From our colleagues at the AAUP: A new accrediting body—the Commission for Public Higher Education (CPHE)—is seeking public feedback on proposed evidentiary guidance for accreditation standards that would govern public university systems in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas, as well as the University of South Carolina system. Although the CPHE’s standards would initially

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Tell Father Shanley: Hands off St. John’s Faculty Unions!

From our colleagues at St. John’s University AAUP: Last Thursday, President Father Shanley sent a letter to faculty announcing that the administration will no longer recognize our 56-year-old faculty union. This comes just after passing the one-year mark in contract negotiations—negotiations where his team has refused to agree to affordable salaries that keep pace with

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