Solidarity Asks

From AAUP National and the California Faculty Association: California educators, researchers, staff, students, retirees, and public education beneficiaries should not have their pension, retirement, or university endowment assets used to bankroll attacks on public higher education. CalSTRS, CalPERS, the UC Regents, and UC Investments have a responsibility to manage public education pension, retirement, and endowment […]

From our colleagues at UCW Colorado–CWA 7799: Colorado Residents! Tell your Representatives and Senators to vote NO on SB26-193 Colorado lawmakers should reject SB26-193, a bill that would exempt public employers from local minimum wage laws and lower wages for tens of thousands of public workers across Colorado. This bill is not a “clarification.” It

From our colleagues at St. John’s University AAUP: After a whirlwind two months of rapid AAUP growth and actions to restore recognition of St. John’s faculty unions, this semester is nearing its end. On Tuesday, May 12th, the university Board of Trustees will meet on campus in advance of Commencement ceremonies. This is your last

From our colleagues at AFSCME 3299 at the University of California: Join AFSCME 3299 this Wednesday night, May 6 at 7pm PT to learn more about AFSCME 3299, their upcoming strike, the ongoing contract fight, and how you can support UC workers as they prepare to strike. Add the AFSCME 3299 Strike School to your

From our colleagues at UNITE HERE Local 11: The food service workers, represented by UNITE HERE Local 11, have served thousands of students daily the entire school year. ASU food service workers are a key part of the university community, and they need and deserve fair and livable wages, adequate staffing, affordable health insurance, and

From our colleagues at UC-AFT Local 1474 Merced Chapter: UC Merced’s commitment to academic excellence has been — and continues to be — at serious risk. Per-student education funding has fallen to the lowest level in the UC system. The student credit hours funding model has compounded this problem by incentivizing larger classes and fewer

From our colleagues at Teachers and Researchers United at Johns Hopkins University (TRU-UE Local 197): Hopkins continues to ignore TRU’s demands while holding demonstrators under constant surveillance. Coworkers, friends, comrades, and community, please join us in applying pressure on JHU to meet our demands by sending this email to the president, vice provost, and other

Higher ed workers across the country, show solidarity with higher ed workers on strike in Illinois and Massachusetts – send us your solidarity photos and videos! Feel free to print and use the flyers linked below. Please send solidarity photos and videos to info@higheredlaborunited.org or tag us in your posts! All solidarity flyers in one

From our colleagues at AFSCME Local 1110 at Illinois State University: Buildings, grounds and dining services workers do tough, essential jobs to support students and faculty at Illinois State University. But they’re paid as little as $16.60 an hour, half make less than a living wage for a single adult, and they’ve had no raise

From our colleagues at AfSCME 3299: The University of California is in trouble. Over 13,000 frontline UC Service and Patient Care Workers have left their jobs in the last four years due to declining job quality, chronic understaffing, declining wages, and the inability to afford living near work. But frontline workers are fighting back and