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From Mike Budd, United Faculty of Florida NEA/AFT/AAUP/AFL-CIO The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is becoming more of a labor union and less of an old-fashioned advocacy organization, with new, more activist leadership, influenced by increased organizing in the higher education labor movement, and moving to counter more authoritarian management by higher education bosses.  […]

Event held on September 12, 2024 SFNDHE organized another virtual forum as part of its series to both raise awareness and provide guidance on effective action to address the crisis in higher education. It was co-sponsored by HELU and UCW-GA. Jennifer Ruth facilitated the conversation with Timothy Kaufman-Osborn, who argued that the project of shared

From Rhea Chappell, University of Michigan undergraduate student worker I started working as an employee for the University of Michigan almost a year ago in the Event Setup Team for one of the university buildings. Though the work could be difficult at times, the people I met working there and the satisfaction I felt from

From Brendan McGovern, UUP Binghamton Chapter President  ITHACA, NY  – Members of UAW Local 2300, representing around 1,200 custodians, groundskeepers, cooks, food service workers, mechanics, greenhouse workers, gardeners, and other essential workers at Cornell’s Ithaca campus, have just ratified a new four-year contract. This followed a strike that started August 18 and ended September 3. Higher

Adjunct Librarians and counselors in Arizona’s largest community college district get pay slashed in the name of “internal pay equity” from JMH, Arizona community college worker As a white working-class woman who grew up in Arizona (AZ) and has worked here since I was 15 (as a retail worker, barista, server, grocery bagger, etc.), it’s

National Coordinated Organizing Committee (NCOC)Chair: Bret Benjamin, UUPText of the May 2024 NCOC Resolution Contingency Task Force (CTF)Chair: Joe Ramsey, FSU/MTA/NEAText of the May 2024 CTF Resolution Politics and Policy CommitteeChair: Rebecca Givan, Rutgers AFT/AAUPText of the May 2024 Politics & Policy Resolution Outreach CommitteeCo-Chairs: Carolyn Kube, MS MT ASCP (I) UUP, Vice President for

from Evan Bowman – AFSCME Local 328 representing over 8,000 healthcare workers in Portland, Oregon and across our nation, and Media & Communications Co-chair of Higher Education Labor United I rise in support of this resolution both as a healthcare IT worker witnessing the ravages of privatization and profiteering on Oregon’s healthcare system, as well

From Helena Worthen, Chair, HELU Media & Communications Committee Does HELU need an international coalition partner? The Coalition on Contingent Academic Labor (COCAL) concluded its fifteenth bi-annual conference on August 9 in Gatineau, Quebec, drawing approximately 100 participants from Mexico, the US and Canada. This marked nearly 30 years of a project that is both