HELU Events

HELU’s next Open House is Wednesday, February 18 at 4 ET / 3 CT / 2 MT / 1 PT. Register here. Register for February 18 HELU Open House Higher education remains the target of continued political attacks from the federal government. College and university administrations remain too slow in their response with many obeying […]

Join HELU member union leaders from around the country Tuesday, January 27 at 7 ET / 6 CT / 5 MT / 4 PT to learn about how to use HELU’s candidate questionnaire to gather information and education higher education workers, students, and allies about where candidates for public office stand on our issues. This

December 36-7:30pm ET275 7th Avenue, NYCRegister here Join the Century Foundation, Jain Family Institute, and Higher Education Labor United for a presentation and discussion of a new proposal to fundamentally remake American higher education. American higher education is in crisis, with the existing system failing students, workers, and the public at large while catering to

The December HELU Open House has been canceled. Register here for the January 21 HELU Open House. Higher education remains the target of continued political attacks from the federal government. College and university administrations remain too slow in their response with many obeying in advance by cutting programs and taking extreme actions against “problematic” faculty

A hybrid forum about academic freedom, free speech and how contingency and adjunctification contribute to the suppression of political speech on campus. Speakers

Log on for this training to learn about how the Pennsylvania budget impacts your members and students and what needs to be done to bring PA from the bottom 10 to the top 10 in public higher education funding. Members of public higher ed unions from any union are encouraged to attend, including AFT, AAUP,

Higher education remains the target of continued political attacks from the federal government. College and university administrations remain too slow in their response with many obeying in advance by cutting programs and taking extreme actions against “problematic” faculty and our international students and workers. Higher ed workers – staff, faculty, university healthcare workers, facilities &

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

Come hear from the November 2025 candidates for HELU’s Steering Committee (term 2026-2028) at the Candidate Forum on November 17 at 7 PM ET / 6 CT / 5 MT / 4 PT. HELU delegates and at-large members should have received Candidate Forum registration information via email. If you have registration questions or would like

Higher Ed Labor United invites you and your members to join the Michigan Senate Candidate Town Hall Series, featuring Democratic candidates discussing their higher education policy agendas and fielding questions directly from faculty, staff, and students. REGISTER FOR NOVEMBER 5 AND/OR 10 here! Each candidate will spend 30–40 minutes responding to both prepared and audience questions about issues impacting our