Solidarity Asks

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 […]

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

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

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

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

From our colleagues at UC-AFT: Ed Walker, Chair of UCLA’s Sociology department, recently terminated lecturer Beth Ribet’s appointment. Beth Ribet is among a number of UCLA faculty with disabilities who use universal design principles when teaching. Universal design increases accessibility of education for students, particularly those with disabilities. UCLA clearly encourages faculty to use universal

Boston University graduate student workers with BUGWU (Boston University Graduate Workers Union) have been on strike since March 2024. Here are some ways you can support them as the Fall 2024 semester begins:

U-M President Santa Ono and the Board of Regents are leading an unprecedented campaign of mass repression againstpro-Palestine activists, using police violence, criminal charges, internal disciplinary processes, and firings to deter themovement, despite overwhelming support for divestment on campus. Just before the start of the 2024-2025 academic year, University of Michigan HR informed at least

From our siblings at Smith College Libraries Workers United (SCLWU): With over half of Smith College Libraries Workers United (SCLWU) members reporting that they are looking for other jobs, and while recruitment and retention are at all time lows, the College’s anti-union stance is baffling and out of alignment with Smith College’s purported mission. We

From our colleagues at WAU: Wayne Academic Union (WAU AAUP-AT Local 6075) represents around 1700 faculty and academic staff at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. We’re calling for fair compensation after a decade of wage stagnation, flexible work arrangements for our academic staff, and money for students facing housing instability. We know that we