Solidarity Asks

HELU Solidarity Asks come from higher education labor organizations looking to build solidarity with workers on a larger national or regional basis, to drive participation in a particular action or campaign that supports higher ed workers. This can include (but is not limited to) contributing to strike funds, writing letters to policy-makers, signing petitions, participation in virtual or in-person actions, and more. To submit a solidarity ask, please complete the form here.

Attend the EWOC Unite & Win Organizing Conference, June 27-29, 2025 in Detroit, MI

From EWOC and Labor@Wayne: Join EWOC for its first-ever organizing conference on June 27–29, 2025, co-hosted by Labor@Wayne at Wayne State University (WSU) in Detroit! EWOC has organized thousands of workers since our start in March 2020. In an effort to connect with even more worker-organizers, and to celebrate our five-year anniversary, we’re hosting our […]

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Send a Letter: Fair Contract for Non-Tenure Track Faculty at the University of San Diego

From our colleagues at SEIU Local 721: For too long, USD’s Non-Tenure Track (NTT) Faculty have lived without fair pay, true job security, and other basic worker protections. Faculty working conditions are student learning conditions! Click here to send a message to USD President James T. Harris III demanding that the administration reach an agreement

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Demand Action Against The Most Dangerous Higher Ed Bill in History

From our colleagues at the Debt Collective: Right now, Congress is reviewing markups for a budget reconciliation bill that, if approved, will be history’s most dangerous higher ed bill. The bill will take away the right for working class people to access higher education, severely reducing access to student loans and removing the possibility of

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STRIKE SUPPORT: University of Oregon Student Workers on strike starting April 29

From our colleagues at AFT-Oregon: The newly formed University of Oregon Student Workers union announced that it will be going on strike on Tuesday, April 29. They are calling on the labor community to help them by donating to their hardship fund, which will go to supporting striking workers. They also want support for their

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Sign: Unite to Defend Public Education Against Federal Attacks

United Campus Workers of Arizona – CWA Local 7065 (UCWAZ) and Community College Workers United (CCWU) represent faculty, staff, and students of University of Arizona, Arizona State University, and Northern Arizona University, and the Maricopa Community Colleges. We are organizing to resist the continued erosion of federal, public funding for higher education, moves to eliminate

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What’s Happening and Why: HELU Calls on Academic Workers to Stand Up

If institutions won’t stand up to the Trump administration, then it’s up to academic workers, students, communities, and citizens to stand up for them. Because we have the strongest levers of power over our local institutions.  While international students have become the first target on campuses, it’s important to remember that a portion of faculty

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Contribute: Justice for Rümeysa Öztürk

This fundraiser is organized by Rümeysa Öztürk’s Immigration Court legal team: We are raising urgent funds for the legal support of Rümeysa Öztürk, a Fulbright scholar and Tufts University graduate student residing in Massachusetts on a valid student visa who is detained by ICE for advocating for human rights and dignity for all.   On Tuesday, March 25th, Rümeysa was heading out to meet with friends to break her Ramadan fast when she was abducted by masked, plainclothes agents who didn’t identify themselves until after she asked who

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