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.
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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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
Clark University grad workers (with CUGWU, or Clark University Graduate Workers United) are on strike. This page links to more information on the strike, why it’s happening, and how you can support ClarkU grad workers. How can you help? Amplify their messages on social media and donate to the CUGWU Mutual Aid Strike Fund. If
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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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The UMassD graduate student experience has gotten worse every single year: school fees continue to increase; pay is not even adjusted for yearly inflation; and employee workloads have expanded way beyond contract hours. We are not asking for much. We need healthy food to eat, and a safe place to sleep. Yes, we knowingly chose
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Sign here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stand-with-eastern-michigan-university-faculty Faculty at Eastern Michigan University represented by EMU-AAUP-AFT Local 6759 have been diligently working to bargain a new contract. Even after the expiration of the existing contract on August 31, faculty have bargained in good faith in the hopes of reaching a fair and respectful contract. Unfortunately, EMU’s administration has not responded
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The Graduate Student Action Network (@GradAction on Twitter), a group of grad student leaders at 50+ universities in 30 states, is organizing a Day of Student Action for Bodily Autonomy on Oct 6, 2022. Graduate, undergrad, medical, and law students will leave their classrooms and labs, gathering together on campus to publicly demand federal laws
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We strongly support the demands of Howard University’s non-tenure-track (NTT) lecturers and adjuncts for reasonable compensation, stability of employment, long-term job security, and increased transparency and consistency around hiring, promotion, and termination. We urge you to negotiate with SEIU Local 500 in good faith as quickly as possible in order to avoid forcing them to
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Are you a Professor or Higher Educational Instructor that supports full student debt cancellation and Free College? Are you a student and want to help grow the movement to #CancelStudentDebt and make College Free for All? Send this letter to your professors and instructors! PLEASE SIGN BY MARCH 15TH, 2022. Sign the letter here.
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The National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions at Hunter College is conducting a national survey to collect current information about academic union density in higher education. The data collected will form the basis for another open-source directory of collective bargaining relationships and links to contracts. The last complete directory was