Solidarity Asks

From our colleagues at Faculty Staff Union at the University of Massachusetts Boston (FSU-MTA-NEA): In a brazen act of retaliation, Africana Studies Professor Keith Jones has been slated for termination this May (2026). Over the last five years at UMass Boston, no other eligible faculty member has been denied continuing appointment. Professor Jones’s unjust termination […]

From our colleagues at Contract Faculty United at NYU (CFU-UAW 7902): It’s been almost two years since contract faculty at NYU voted for their union, Contract Faculty United – UAW, by an overwhelming margin. Yet for more than 16 months of negotiating, the NYU administration has dragged its feet, committed unfair labor practices, and refused

From our colleagues at Portland Community College Faculty Federation and Academic Professionals (PCCFFAP): Part-Time Faculty, Full-Time Faculty, and Academic Professionals at Portland Community College are standing up for each other, for our students, for our communities, and for great public education. Sign this pledge to stand united with PCC workers in demanding a contract that

From our colleagues at the AAUP: A new accrediting body—the Commission for Public Higher Education (CPHE)—is seeking public feedback on proposed evidentiary guidance for accreditation standards that would govern public university systems in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas, as well as the University of South Carolina system. Although the CPHE’s standards would initially

From our colleagues at St. John’s University AAUP: Last Thursday, President Father Shanley sent a letter to faculty announcing that the administration will no longer recognize our 56-year-old faculty union. This comes just after passing the one-year mark in contract negotiations—negotiations where his team has refused to agree to affordable salaries that keep pace with

From our colleagues at Teamsters Local 2010: In California? Help Teamsters 2010 win fair treatment by joining a picket line near you – Strike at all 22 Cal State University Campuses! Picket times & locations: https://teamsters2010.org/FIGHT/ Anywhere else or can’t join a picket? Send a letter supporting CSU workers here. Teamsters Local 2010 is conducting

From our colleagues at Georgetown University’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor: Join Labor Spring 2026, a series of events and gatherings supporting working people on campuses and in communities nationwide, organized by local committees.  See the Labor Spring 2026 Call for Participation here Sign Up for Labor Spring 2026 here Many Labor

From our colleagues at Graduate Rights and Our Wellbeing (GROW) and ResLife Organized Workers at Purdue: In Fall 2025, faculty whistleblowers revealed that Purdue has a list of “most dangerous countries.” The university administration has told graduate admissions committees that students from these countries are highly unlikely to be admitted, even if they receive departmental

Show your solidarity with the broader labor movement & the higher ed community in Minnesota! Donate $20 or more to the Unite HERE Local 17 Solidarity Fund and submit proof of receipt on this form to receive a special “ICE Out of MN” postcard & HELU sticker.  Contributions to the Unite HERE Local 17 Solidarity

Film and online panel discussion: “Precarious Workers: Exploitation and Fightback” Film viewing online availability: February 14 – 24 Online panel discussion: February 23, 7 – 8:30 PM MST The documentary In Search of Professor Precarious, by filmmaker Gerry Potter, and a panel discussion on “Precarious Workers: Exploitation and Fightback” are being presented online by the Alberta Labour