HELU Events

Monday, Sept. 28, 2026 at Noon at the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, PA We are standing together to advocate for a 15% increase in funding for public higher education in Pennsylvania, for the Pennsylvania Promise plan to make college more affordable, and for other higher education and labor issues. Learn more and register to attend.

Wed, Sep 23, 8pm ET/7pm CT/6pm MT/5pm PT Birddogging is a powerful organizing tactic that puts people in power on the spot, demands answers, and invites the public to join the fight. Join us to learn the basics, sharpen your skills, and plug into real opportunities to keep our campuses safe from ICE and Flock

From our colleagues at Debt Collective: The federal loan system is in disarray. From soaring payment amounts to miscounted past payment history, from servicer errors to Dept of Ed blunders, the student debt collections system simply doesn’t work. Sep 23, 20268:00 pm – 9:00 pm EDTRegister Here Until these problems are fixed, student debtors need

Join the AAUP’s Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom on Monday, September 14, at 7 p.m. ET for “Accreditation and You,” a webinar to learn about the far right’s attempt to capture higher ed accreditation, what is changing and why it matters, and how you can join in the fight and take action. In

HELU is powered by our member unions and their delegates, as well as everyone who joins in our committee work. We are looking to expand our work and the only way we can do that is with more capacity in HELU’s committees. Come to the Open House to find your place within HELU! Learn more

College shouldn’t require mortgaging your future. No student should graduate with crushing debt. But the college affordability crisis is also an existential crisis for our institutions. When students lose financial aid, enrollment and tuition revenue decline, putting pressure on colleges to cut academic programs, faculty and staff positions, and student services—and, in severe cases, close

Welcome Reception / October 23 / 6-8 PM Central / Chicago, ILWorkshop / October 24 / 9AM-5 PM Central / University of Illinois-Chicago  Employers and legislators are pushing Ed Tech and Artificial Intelligence through universities and colleges across the USA. Organized labor needs a comprehensive response that builds our organizing capacity through bargaining and advocacy

Time: 7pm ET/6pm CT/5pm MT/4pm PTLocation: Online – Register hereJoin students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members from across the country for a Campus Organizing Assembly to launch the Raise Hell for Pell campaign. The fight to protect and expand Pell Grants is about protecting the program now and winning a new higher education system

The Graduate Labor Organization at Brown University (GLO-AFT Local 6516) and Higher Education Labor United (HELU) invite you to a deep-dive session about grievance procedures, anti-discrimination protections, and organizing to win better and more comprehensive defenses in our workplaces. This is a hybrid event. Please register to attend either online or in-person using this form.

With HELU members PSC-CUNY and Rutgers AAUP-AFT, HELU is co-hosting a NYC-area congressional town hall. Join us in-person at PSC’s Union Hall (25 Broadway, 15th floor) for a town hall featuring candidates running for U.S. Congress in the June 23rd primary. We will spend 15 minutes with each candidate, including Chuck Park (NY-6), Claire Valdez