Higher ed labor is organizing. Learn more and join us. October 2025 HELU Chair’s Message Higher ed workers from wall-to-wall and coast-to-coast formed HELU in 2021 recognizing the need for more coalitional, cross-union work in our movement. In our current crisis, where the landscape is constantly shifting and attacks come from every angle, both the […]
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From our colleagues at Lane Community College Education Association (LCCEA): The public elects local candidates to school boards and other local offices, including the LCC Board of Education, and representational democracy at every level is important and foundational to our broader democracy in Lane County and beyond. We believe that limiting the role of publicly
From our colleagues at Harrisburg Area Community College Education Association (HACCEA/HAWK Faculty United): The Issue Since unionizing in April 2022, HACC faculty have been working without a contract. Three years worth of negotiations have left the process stalled on key areas of importance related to working conditions, student success, and community interest. Recently, the faculty
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A hybrid forum about academic freedom, free speech and how contingency and adjunctification contribute to the suppression of political speech on campus. Speakers
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From our colleagues at NIH Fellows United UAW Local 2750: The current government shutdown has left some of our members without pay. This fund provides direct emergency financial support to affected physician and scientist members to help cover essential expenses like rent, groceries, and medical bills during this uncertain period. Every contribution helps sustain the researchers
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From our colleagues at HUCTW: Sign our petition to let University leaders know that the Harvard community is united in the fight to protect University staff and programs from drastic budget cuts. Everyone in the University community—including staff, managers, faculty, students, and other community allies— is encouraged to sign, and the final petition will be delivered
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Who is Marc Rowan? The Billionaire Behind Trump’s Higher Ed Loyalty Oath & How We Fight Back Billionaire Marc Rowan, CEO of the private equity giant Apollo Global Management, is a key author of the Trump administration’s “Compact” for higher ed—a loyalty oath that would award federal research funding based on allegiance to Trump’s far
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From our colleagues at AAUP Texas: Texas State University President Kelly Damphousse has terminated Professor Tom Alter for engaging in protected political speech as a private citizen, the Committee to Defend Tom Alter announced today. The decision represents a direct assault on the First Amendment and academic freedom. In a public statement released after his
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“This compact [is] starting with nine colleges and universities, but we know that this is just the beginning of this latest escalation in this administration’s continuous attacks on higher education,”said Evan Bowman, vice chair of Higher Education Labor United, in a statement issued by Sunrise. “Workers, students, campus community members across this great country are coming
Evan Bowman, vice chair of Higher Ed Labor United, said that the battle against the Trump administration’s efforts to infringe upon academic freedom were being waged with an all-hands-on-deck effort. “Workers, students, campus community members across this great country are coming together to fight for a higher education system that actually works for all,” he