Solidarity Asks

From our colleagues at Art Institute of Chicago Workers United (AICWU): The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) has increasingly relied on the underpaid, under-recognized labor of Non-Tenure-Track (NTT) faculty to educate future artists, architects, designers, scholars, and historians. We’ve watched as inflation has devoured our paychecks, while tuition has risen; currently, more […]

From our colleagues at United Campus Workers Kentucky and Kentuckians for Higher Education: As you may know, House Bill 4, an anti-DEI bill, was filed in the Kentucky state legislature this week. If passed, HB 4 would put university jobs at risk, threaten crucial university funding, and close DEI offices, programs, and resource centers! Kentuckians for Higher Education and

In a move that will devastate student recruitment, retention, learning, and success, Sonoma State management announced deep cuts to faculty, staff, and instructional and support programs. This decimation of a CSU Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) is unconscionable and immoral in every way one might imagine it, especially in a CSU system with billions of dollars in

From Tufts Full-Time Lecturers Union at SEIU Local 509: In light of the indispensable contributions of A&S Full-Time Lecturers (FTLs) at Tufts University, it is imperative that Tufts address their current workload and salary challenges. The Tufts administration must reach a fair and equitable resolution to their ongoing contract negotiations. Read more and send a

From Stanford Graduate Workers Union (UE): The Bridge Peer Counseling Center has provided the entire Stanford community with 24/7 access to mental health, relationship, and academic counseling since 1971, and is run entirely by student volunteers trained in 85+ hours of counseling and crisis response (QPR) skills. Stanford’s Department of Student Affairs is considering defunding

From our union siblings in CFT, AFT, and AAUP: The American Federation of Teachers and its state affiliate, the California Federation of Teachers, have established a disaster relief fund to assist “displaced members and their families—our educators and school staff, pre-K through college, in Southern California.”

Our colleagues at PSU-AAUP are asking that union siblings support their strike-ready preparations by contributing to their newly-announced strike fund. PSU-AAUP asks that union siblings show solidarity by contributing as individuals, bringing motions to local unions to provide strike fund contributions, and spreading this call for contributions far and wide. PSU-AAUP is the Portland State University

From our colleagues at the AAUP: On December 12, the NYU administration invited the NYPD to arrest two faculty members who were supporting students involved in a nonviolent protest at the main library.  The university also designated these and three other faculty members as Personae Non Gratae (PNG), barring them from access to campus buildings.

UNC Chapel Hill workers call for immediate action by the Board of Trustees to address demands for a living wage, as well as regular dialogue and transparency. They ask that community supporters read more and sign onto their letter here.

From our colleagues at United Academics of Philadelphia: It’s almost exactly six months since the closure of the University of the Arts. As you may know, the investigation is still ongoing. If you’d like to get caught up on the current status of the UArts closure, you can find our news coverage roundup here.  We are