Recent events in Connecticut highlight the urgency of our current fight over higher education and the need to tie these issues into one offensive strategy. When a Democratic governor, in one of the wealthiest states with a budget surplus, pushes for $500-600 million in cuts to higher education over two years – we’re seeing the […]
Higher Ed For All Takes the Offensive Against Neoliberal Budget Strategy Read More »
“Higher Education Labor United, for people who don’t know, is like a cross-union organization that brings together people in different higher education unions across the country who really want to pursue what I would call the closest model that exists right now: College For All. Their vision of protecting labor and higher education has to
Monthly Review: “New Deal for Higher Ed w/ Jennifer Mittelstadt” Read More »
“Florida Teachers Unions are Front Line of Resistance Against DeSantis’s Fascism.” This headline from a vital interview with Paul Ortiz in Truthout on April 1, 2023 catches the mood in the United Faculty of Florida and its large K-12 affiliate, the Florida Education Association, in the face of the current onslaught of hostile legislation and well-publicized right-wing attacks against virtually every
This 3-day virtual conference will include a roundtable discussion on the intersections of higher education labor and colonization on Friday April 21st, 3-4:30 p.m. PST. We will hear from with our labor siblings LeeCee LeeOliver and Sandy Kewanhaptewa-Dixon, from CFA’s Native American and Indigenous Peoples Caucus, and Naomi R. Williams (Rutgers/HELU). The summit, now in its 4th year, is an
Decolonizing Economics Summit: The 4th Annual Post-Capitalism Conference (April 20-22) Read More »
Learn about the history of free higher education in the US and hear from the people who are making serious progress to move us once again toward fully funded public higher education that respects workers, empowers communities, ends student debt, and transforms higher ed into a public good in the public interest.
Higher Education for All! The Future is Free Read More »
“Can this possibly be real?” one colleague asked me when she saw the tweet. It sure is, as Temple officials have confirmed. Many commenters in the Tweet thread suggested that this is downright illegal. And the national coalition Higher Education Labor United put out a statement declaring that “removing tuition remission would destroy [Temple University]
Philadelphia: Temple Student Strike Turns Ugly as School Ends Some Tuition Aid Read More »
“As University of California researchers return to work, union organizers say this is just the beginning of a nationwide push for better working conditions.” “As it stands, academia is now home to some of the largest growth in unionization across all sectors of the US economy. Nearly 150 unions, representing more than 600,000 academic workers,
Nature: Historic US research strike ends — but energizes a movement Read More »
“Free or low-cost college used to be the norm, but now, as austerity measures saddle students with debt and create precarious conditions for many academic workers, American politicians create policy that treats higher education as a luxury. And today, college remains a weapon in the culture wars, with attacks on affirmative action, diversity, equity and
Thursday, December 15, 2022; 4:30pm PT/ 5:30pm MT/ 6:30pm CT/ 7:30pm ET A lot has happened – and is still happening! – with higher ed labor in 2022. Join us for a wall-to-wall, coast-to-coast celebration of 2022 organizing and action across the US and internationally, and to prepare for the long fight ahead. Union members with
Higher Ed Labor 2022 Wrap Up: Building Solidarity for 2023 Read More »
Although labor rights at public universities are determined by state law and aren’t affected by the Columbia decision, the massive strike at the UC system has had a spillover effect across workers in higher education, said Todd Wolfson, a Rutgers professor and vice-president of the union representing graduate student workers, postdoctoral associates, and faculty at the university. “They
Bloomberg Law: Yale Union Election Is Latest Move in Campus Labor Renaissance Read More »