By Harry Rose Szabo, President of CWA 2265, University of Virginia In a time when we are forced into short cycles of reaction against Trump policies, collective bargaining is a long-term proactive measure that would secure public sector workers a state labor board, guarantee the right to negotiate as a group, and challenge an 80-year-old […]
The Long Push for Collective Bargaining in Virginia: A Week in the Life Read More »
On November 7, a coalition of higher ed workers and students stood together outside the corporate headquarters of Apollo Global Management to send a message to its CEO Marc Rowan, a key architect of Trump’s higher ed compact: Hands Off Higher Ed. The demonstration in midtown Manhattan was one of over 100 events organized across
Earlier this month, workers, students, faculty, and staff organized actions at more than 100 campuses across the US to call for a higher education system that centers affordability, security, and freedom. In New York, a cross-union coalition organized a successful action against Marc Rowan, the billionaire Trump ally who recently revealed himself as one of
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Daniel Birchok, President, University of Michigan Flint-AFT AAUP & Anke Wolbert, HELU Steering Committee & President, Eastern Michigan University AFT Local 9102 On November 5 & 10, the Michigan HELU Coalition successfully hosted HELU’s first candidate town hall. In this particular case, the candidates are competing for the democratic nomination for the Michigan U.S. Senate
Shelly Baskin, Delegate to HELU from United Campus Workers Southeast (CWA 3821) Faculty and staff in the Georgia University system are being told that they have to come in to work five days a week or get laid off. Some of these workers were originally hired as remote workers and live at significant distances from their
Mandate to end remote work disrupts working conditions at University System of Georgia Read More »
Brendan McGovern, President, United University Professions Binghamton Chapter New York has always believed in investing in its people, public higher education, health care, infrastructure, social supports. We send far more in federal tax revenue to Washington than our state receives back in federal aid. In short, we are a giver state. And now we are being
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Meghan McGowan, Health Sciences librarian and member of and HELU delegate to Wayne Academic Union (AAUP-AFT Local 6075) President Trump’s so-called “compact” (actually a threat) asks higher ed administrative leaders to agree to a long list of changes that will fundamentally end academic freedom across the board as well as impact student loans, admissions, grant
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Shannan Clark, Montclair University, NJ and Delegate to HELU from SNDHE Founded in 2020 during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Education (SNDHE) is a group of teachers and researchers committed to rebuilding our colleges and universities so that they can be a true public resource for
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 need and the opportunity for coalitional work is greater. We are proud to announce that
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By Robert Cassanello, HELU Delegate and President of the United Faculty of Florida (UFF) and Marcus Polzer, President of University of Central Florida Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) On Tuesday October 21, 2025 the UCF Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), the UCF Young Democratic Socialists of America (UCF ydsa), Students for Education in
Will UCF become a Sanctuary Campus? Students and Faculty Union join up to make demands Read More »