Solidarity Asks

From our colleagues at Workers United Southern Region: On June 30, Spelman College changed its campus cleaning contractor from Aramark Corporation to Integrity National Corporation. The longtime Spelman janitorial workers employed by Aramark had a union contract, and many had worked on the campus for more than 15 years. When Integrity took over, almost none […]

From our colleagues at GLO-Brown: Mansi Kumar is a first year PhD student in Biomedical Engineering. She received formal approval for medical time off to recover from a concussion which could exacerbate her retinal degeneration. When she returned, her advisor placed her on academic probation and justified it by stating in an email that Mansi

A Tufts University international graduate worker recently faced retaliation by her adviser for reporting that they required her to work a significant amount of hours as an unpaid teaching assistant, which violated her union contract. Later, the graduate worker was removed from her doctoral program. Tufts is choosing to tolerate and accept exploitative and retaliatory behavior

From our colleagues at UCW Kentucky: The University of Louisville (UofL) has implemented a reduction in force (RIF), laying off more than a dozen staff workers with little to no warning. These decisions have been made with little transparency. So far, six staff members in Arts & Sciences have been informed that they will lose

From our colleagues at the Graduate Employees’ Organization at the University of Michigan (GEO-AFT Local 3550): Philippe Kame. a student at the University of Michigan, Taubman school of Architecture, was detained by ICE in April 2026. Philippe has recently been released on bond. While this is an important step forward, Philippe’s legal journey is far

From our colleagues at the California Faculty Association and Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union (PTLFC-AAUP-AFT, Local 6324): On May 15, 2024, several hundred heavily armed police were called in to break up a peaceful encampment at UC Irvine in solidarity with the people of Gaza. Among those arrested that day was UC Irvine Global Studies Professor

From our colleagues at the Graduate Employees’ Organization at the University of Michigan (GEO-AFT Local 3550): On June 10, 2026 between 7 and 8:30am, FBI agents, state police, local police officers, and the University of Michigan Police Department conducted a coordinated raid and arrest of 8 activists across Ann Arbor, Canton, Milwaukee, and Chicago. The FBI

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