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.

Confront the CUNY Board of Trustees: Real Raises Now!

From our colleagues at PSC-CUNY: CUNY’s negotiators have made no improvement to their economic offer since March. There can be no business as usual for CUNY management until we get a fair offer. The annual Manhattan hearing is typically attended by Trustees, the chancellery, and college presidents, and other administrators. PSC members have testified before

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Tell Cornell University: No one should face firing and deportation for exercising free speech

Momodou Taal, a member of UE Local 300-Cornell Graduate Students United, was suspended by Cornell University without due process in retaliation for peaceful protest activities on campus. As a graduate worker, being suspended means that he loses his job, and as an international student, he is facing the threat of deportation. Local 300-CGSU and Cornell

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Bennington College United: Fair and Equitable First Contract at Bennington College by Thanksgiving

Bennington College United (BCU), the union of staff, faculty and campus safety at Bennington College won recognition of their majority in February of 2024. Seven months later, the Bennington management team has only made proposals on eleven articles (zero economic articles). Sign BCU’s petition calling the management bargaining team to come to the table in

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Tell Tufts U: Workers deserve a fair contract with livable wages, transparent responsibilities, and equitable workloads!

A&S Full Time Lecturers (FTLs), SMFA Professors of the Practice (POPs), & School of Engineering (SOE) Graduate Workers make Tufts students’ learning experience the best that it can be. Sign SEIU Local 509’s petition calling on the Tufts administration to negotiate a fair contract that includes livable wages, transparent responsibilities, and equitable workloads. The working

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Support SEIU Local 73 Workers’ Strike at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

The nearly 800 Food Service and Building Service Workers, members of SEIU Local 73, at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign are planning to go on strike. These essential workers are the heart of the University. They cook the food for the students living in the dorms. They clean the buildings on campus. They deserve

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Stop Stanford From Terminating Every Creative Writing Lecturer!

From Stanford’s Creative Writing Lecturers: On August 21st, Stanford announced that it is terminating all Creative Writing Lecturers, starting in the summer of 2025, and returning the lectureships to a model of unsustainable teaching positions, where lecturers cycle through one-year, term-limited appointments. We call on Stanford to reverse the firing of the Jones Lecturers, to

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Tell Temple leaders: Stop Punishing Our Colleagues For Using Their Sick Days

From our colleagues at Temple Association of University Professionals (TAUP): On August 28th, after a year of negotiation, and a 12 hour marathon session, TAUP was ready to sign a Tentative Agreement for the faculty, librarians, and academic advisors at Temple University. Temple’s negotiation team chose to derail all progress made over our insistence on

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Support University of Wisconsin System Workers in Their Fight for the Public Higher Education We All Deserve!

From our colleagues at Teaching Assistants’ Association (TAA-Madison): For the past two decades, the University of Wisconsin System has been under attack: budget cuts combined with increased inflationary pressures have forced our faculty, staff, and students to do much more with much less. In this context many of our locals—including Green Bay, Oshkosh, Whitewater, River

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