Solidarity Asks

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

That has never happened before in our country—not during the McCarthy scare, not during the Vietnam war. Yet now, university administrations, following the lead of an openly fascist presidential administration, are dutifully punishing educators for speaking, teaching, and standing up for the truth, and for standing with students determined to do the same.  Firing Sang

From our colleagues at United RAs at Penn–OPEIU Local 153: United RAs at Penn–OPEIU Local 153 has learned that Graduate Student Resident Advisors who also perform research or instructional services may be forced out of their position by Penn. This illegal, unilateral action by Penn seeks to leave dozens of graduate workers without stable housing

From our colleagues at AAUP North Carolina: AAUP NC has learned, through the hard work of AAUP members, that the UNC System is planning to force instructors to publish their syllabi, creating a creating a single, searchable repository of all university and college syllabi. This move would endanger students and instructors by inviting political actors to

Thank you for your continued support for Tom.  More than 4,000 letters have now been sent to Texas State calling for Tom’s reinstatement. The Committee to Defend Tom Alter has an urgent request. Tom has a preliminary hearing on his appeal for reinstatement this Monday, Nov 10.  Please take a minute to call numbers below and demand Tom’s reinstatement. 

From our colleagues at the Indiana State AFL-CIO: In 2025, Indiana passed HEA/HB1001, a budget law requiring public colleges to seek approval for continuing low-enrollment degree programs. In response, universities—including multiple Indiana University campuses—have proposed suspending or eliminating dozens to over 100 programs statewide, including labor studies, social sciences, and offerings focused on community-engagement. This means by

From our colleagues at Harrisburg Area Community College Education Association (HACCEA/HAWK Faculty United): As of 12:01 a.m. on Monday, November 3, HACC faculty are on strike. HACC faculty are picketing starting Monday, November 3 at the Harrisburg campus. Supporters from the community are welcome to join the picket line there. Nearly four years of contract