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.

Solidarity with Temple U. Grad Workers: Strike Fund and Petition

With a 99% strike authorization vote, Temple University Graduate Students’ Association (TUGSA) is ready to strike. Show solidarity by: TUGSA has been in negotiations with Temple U. administration since January 2022 and has been without a contract since February 2022. Temple administration has refused to discuss the majority of TUGSA’s proposals and claim that they […]

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Petition: All University of Alabama workers deserve accessible, affordable healthcare

From our union siblings at United Campus Workers Alabama: At the University of Alabama (and across the country), adjunct faculty worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic, many teaching the same course loads as full-time instructors, but without university-sponsored health insurance. UA graduate workers are also a critical part of the teaching work force and face tremendous

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Strike Fund launches October 31.

Donate to the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union (PTLFC-AAUP-AFT) Strike Fund

The Adjunct faculty of Rutgers University teach 30% of Rutgers courses. Despite teaching a third of classes, adjunct faculty’s salaries comprise less than 1% of the University’s budget, and these workers are not offered affordable healthcare coverage or job security. They’ve been working without a contact since June, and Rutgers’ top management has stalled negotiations

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Contribute to the UC Academic Workers Strike Support & Hardship Fund

48,000 Academic Workers at the University of California began striking Monday, Nov. 14, 2022. Show your solidarity by contributing to the UC Academic Workers Strike Support and Hardship Fund! This is the official hardship fund of UAW 2865, UAW 5810, and Student Researchers United-UAW. This fund will be used to help Academic Workers who experience hardship as a

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Participate in the UAP Adjunct Pay Project

United Academics of Philadelphia (AFT Local 9608) is collecting adjunct (part-time faculty) pay information from across the Philadelphia region to help adjuncts easily compare pay rates and ultimately be able to better advocate for sustainable and equitable compensation. Anyone teaching as an Adjunct in the Philadelphia region is welcome to share pay information for this

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Petition to Save Social Sciences at WCSU

On October 6, 2022, the Provost and Vice-President for Academic Affairs at Western Connecticut State University recommended the University eliminate all Department of Social Sciences majors and eight of the department’s eleven minors.   This would eliminate the study of Anthropology, Economics, Geography, and Sociology as well as threaten Political Science. The elimination of Social

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Add your voice in support of faculty at Berklee College of Music and Boston Conservatory at Berklee!

The faculty of Berklee College of Music are bargaining with administration for a contract to replace the current agreement. To continue to provide Berklee students with a world-class education and first-rate professional training, they are asking administration to invest in faculty in the following ways: pay commensurate with professional achievements, elevated living costs, and impact

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Petition to restore Spanish classes and reinstate teachers at UCLA

The Chair of the Department of Spanish & Portuguese and the Dean of UCLA Humanities decided to reduce the most popular and impactful language courses––cutting 26 sections of Spanish for second and heritage language learners, impacting 650 students every year. As a result, the university will lose two FirstGen US Latinx faculty—a Latina and gay

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