Monday, October 28, 20248pm ET / 7pm CT / 6pm MT / 5pm PT Join higher education workers and students from across the country on Monday, October 28 on Zoom. We will rally our combined energy around a progressive vision of public higher education that works for all of us. We will channel that energy, […]
Oct 28 – Higher Ed Votes! (Online) Read More »
Wednesday, October 307pm ET/6pm CT/5pm MT/4pm PT Higher education labor and social justice organizing is in a historic upswing. Unfortunately, at the same time the Right is waging an unprecedented assault on institutions, workers, and students. CWA’s Public, Healthcare, and Education Workers (PHEW) office launched a research project aimed at better understanding the nature and
October 30 – Report Release: Union Members Address Rightwing Threat on Campus (Online) Read More »
Tuesday, October 298pm ET/7pm CT/6pm MT/5pm PTOnline via Zoom Colleges closing. Departments and courses eliminated. Austerity driving debt and debt driving austerity. Public higher education’s future is being held hostage by financial institutions and actors. How did it get this way? How do we organize to free public higher education from the talons of debt
Michigan Higher Ed Labor Summit: Labor, Higher Ed, and the 2024 Election Student debt. Job insecurity. Downsizing. Outsourcing. Management bloat. Want to fix what’s broken with our higher education system? Join local and national labor leaders and rank-and-file workers in a discussion about how we fight for public higher education system that works for all of
Future of Higher Ed Town Hall: Labor, Higher Ed, and the 2024 Election October 17, 2024, 6-8pmCommunity College of Philadelphia AuditoriumBonnell Building 1st FloorEnter on 17th Street Join Higher Ed Labor United (HELU) member unions, the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO, AAUP national president Todd Wolfson, HELU Vice Chair and UAW 4121 President Levin Kim, and local higher
A teach-in on the financial, moral, and educational obligations of a shuttered university June 10, 20245pm ET/4pm CT/3pm MT/2pm PT During this teach-in members of Debt Collective and authors of Lend and Rule will examine the debt realities of University of the Arts (Philadelphia), and engage in dialogue with participants about what the university owes, or doesn’t,
June 10: What does University of the Arts Owe and to Whom? Read More »
Tuesday, June 11, 2024 5pm ET/4pm CT/3pm MT/2pm PT Join adjunct, contingent, and part-time faculty leaders from Massachusetts and across the country as we share and explore contract language related to contingent, adjunct, and part-time faculty contracts, and the strategies that are needed to win the contract improvements we need. This is an opportunity to
June 11: Contingency Contract Language Exchange and Strategy Session Read More »
[New Brunswick, May 15, 2024] – Higher Education Labor United (HELU) is pleased to announce its Founding Convention, scheduled to take place at the Labor Education Center at Rutgers University and online May 17-19. The Convention will bring together educators, staff, students, and organizers from across higher education labor to address pressing issues facing workers
Thursday, March 28, 20247pm ET/6pm CT/5pm MT/4pm PTVirtual Forum on Zoom – Register here Please join us for a discussion with experts tracking the methods and impact of these firms and possible tactics to oppose them. Lisa Levenstein (University of North Carolina, Greensboro) will facilitate a conversation with: Part of #LaborSpring Co-sponsored by: Register here.
AAUP-Penn is working together with many higher ed unions, AAUP chapters, HELU members, and student organizations across the country to plan a National Day of Action for Higher Education that will take place on April 17. The aim is not just to beat back the current attacks on academic freedom and on campus protests, DEI bans, and devastating budget
National Day of Action for Higher Ed: Get Involved Read More »