Solidarity Asks

Graduate workers at the University of Oregon (UO) plan to go on strike starting January 17, 2024. Already they are seeing many of their jobs being posted for scab hirings. The Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation (GTFF), the union of graduate workers at UO, is asking for solidarity from the higher education labor community. After nearly […]

Have you heard that unelected Penn trustees are now considering a hostile takeover of the University of Pennsylvania’s basic academic functions? A letter circulated among the trustees by a private equity billionaire suggests that they might unilaterally close departments, change faculty hiring criteria (with the aim of destroying DEI initiatives), and impose a speech code to discipline students and

Sign onto this petition to oppose Connecticut Governor Lamont’s decision to severely underfund higher education, a decision that results in significant adverse impacts on CT’s community colleges, state universities and UConn campuses. More information from the petition “Prioritize Higher Education and Address the $200 Million Funding Deficit” on ActionNetwork – please sign!: Disproportionally, these cuts impact

Columbia College Faculty Union (CFAC IFT/AFT Local 6602) at Columbia College Chicago is in the midst of the longest adjunct strike in US history. CFAC is a scrappy union that started nearly 25 years ago and was the first private-sector adjunct union in the Chicago area (and one of the first nationally). CFAC has generated

Saturday, December 2, 2023 from 1-3pm, allies and community members are invited to join the Sing Out Shout Out for #APeoplesCUNY. We will join together to SING OUT for a fair contract for the hardworking faculty and staff of CUNY, and we will SHOUT OUT for full funding from our Governor in her upcoming budget