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.
From our friends at YDSA in support of UAW 4811: The academic workers of UAW 4811 are going on an unprecedented strike to protect their rights to free speech, protest, and collective action. Members voted overwhelmingly in favor of authorizing a ULP strike over the violation of basic workplace rights like safety. The University of […]
From our colleagues at USC: We stand with healthcare workers at Keck Medicine of USC who are fighting for safe staffing levels, fair wages, and the right to inform our community about patient care issues inside Keck-USC hospitals. We trust healthcare workers to care for us and to let us know when patient care is
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From NewSWU: “Student workers have authorized a strike, in part, in response to the arrests of several student workers among the 45 students engaged in civil disobedience on Friday, May 3rd. Students were protesting peacefully in support of the demands of the TNS Gaza Solidarity Encampment, which included the demand that TNS stipulate to a fair
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From Marc Kagan at PSC-CUNY: For use in discussions at the Professional Staff Congress at City University of New York (PSC-CUNY) Delegate Assembly this week: Looking for examples of union statements about campus protests that go beyond condemnation of the suppression of these protests. Please send them to Mark Kagan at marcleeann@gmail.com.
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From our friends at CFA Humboldt: Keep the pressure on the CSU, calling for the immediate removal and termination of President Tom Jackson and Chief of Staff Mark A. Johnson from their positions at Cal Poly Humboldt. Their repeatedly extreme and reckless actions in response to recent campus protests have systematically endangered students, staff, and
From GOLD-UE: “After eight months of bargaining for our premiere contract, GOLD-UE members have voted to authorize a strike! As a potential strike approaches, there are many ways for members of the community to support our fight.“
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“Resident Advisors at Penn are on the frontlines of student health and well-being at Penn. “In September 2023, 87% of RAs voted in favor of unionizing with OPEIU 153. This decision reflected RAs collective resolve to have more input and fair compensation for their substantial contributions to campus life. “While (G)RAs have had some success
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Higher Education Labor United (HELU) stands with many others in the U.S. labor movement in condemning the arrests and disciplinary actions recently taken by a growing list of college and university leaders at Cal Poly Humboldt, Columbia, Emerson, Emory, NYU, The Ohio State University, Yale, the Universities of Minnesota, Southern California, Texas at Austin, and
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Student Workers at NYU (SWAN), Resident Assistants are unionizing! NYU student workers are unionizing for various reasons. Some of the goals we could achieve through collective bargaining are better pay and benefits, work-life boundaries, improved training, clearer boundaries for job role, consistency and transparency. Tell Linda Mills, president of NYU, and the board to acknowledge
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“On April 18th, Minouche Shafik, the President of Columbia, violated university procedures and authorized the NYPD to arrest dozens of Columbia students, including members of Student Workers of Columbia— SWC-UAW 2710. The protesting students and student workers had bravely held the Gaza Solidarity Encampment on the lawn in the center of campus for two days,