Solidarity Asks

A petition for anyone generally concerned with the state of public higher education in Colorado. Across the country, including at the University of Colorado, non-tenure track (NTT) contingent faculty make up the majority of university faculty and represent the future of higher education, yet these workers are compensated at a fraction of what tenured and

UC-AFT members at UCLA’s Lab School (contingent instructors who teach grades K-6 on the UCLA campus and conduct research and outreach in conjunction with UCLA’s School of Education) are going on strike this Wednesday and Thursday (1/25 and 1/26/23) to protest the administration’s illegal refusal to bargain.  There are two solidarity asks:  More info is

University of Illinois at Chicago–United Faculty (UIC–UF) went on strike today (Jan. 17, 2023) for: For some UIC-UF workers, a strike could lead to financial challenges. To that end, UIC-UF has authorized an Emergency Strike Fund to be prepared to help striking members meet their short-term financial needs. 100% of funds raised will be distributed directly to union members experiencing financial hardships.

In the wake of the global pandemic, many U.S. working people are organizing for a multiracial democracy in which they have more power on the job and in their communities.  Their efforts build, in part, on a newfound public appreciation for labor unions that developed out of a celebration of essential workers and subsequent dismay

UCW Arizona believes that all workers must be paid thriving wages in Arizona. Across our communities, we have seen how the housing market, gas prices, and food expenses have increased. Inflation is over 10% in Arizona, outpacing the national average, and workers’ wages are not increasing to meet the costs of living in the area. Rents

University of Washington Libraries, Gallagher Law Library, and UW Press workers have authorized a strike! The UW Libraries Union has been in contract negotiations for a first collective bargaining agreement for over a year. UW Libraries and Press workers demand that the University stop delaying negotiations, stop degrading workplace protections, stop proposing a two-tiered system

Workers in Maryland’s public institutions of higher education are organizing for living wages and the passage of legislation allowing them to engage in collective bargaining. We need your support! Collective bargaining is a fundamental right of all workers, but faculty and students in Maryland state institutions of higher education are denied this right under current