Solidarity Asks

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.

Event – UC on Strike: Preserving Negotiation and Strike Success in Higher Education

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Monday, January 22, 2024 at 4pm ET/3pm CT/2pm MT/1pm PT Panelists will discuss the events of November 2022, when 48,000 graduate workers, postdocs, and academic researchers went on strike at the University of California. This was the largest strike to-date in higher education. While the outcomes of the strike are well-documented, less is known about […]

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Graduate workers at the University of Oregon plan to strike: How you can support them

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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

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AAUP-Penn calls on support of higher ed workers everywhere

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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

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Sign in support of our colleagues in CT: Prioritize Higher Education and Address the $200 Million Funding Deficit

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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

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Support striking faculty at Columbia College Chicago: Donate to the strike fund

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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

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Support PSC-CUNY on December 2nd at Sing Out Shout Out for #APeoplesCUNY

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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

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HELU is HIRING! Outreach Data and Financial Coordinator

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Higher Education Labor United (HELU) urgently seeks temporary staff through the end of December 2023 for the position of Outreach Data and Financial Coordinator.  The Outreach Data and Financial Coordinator serves as the lead for the ongoing development and maintenance of our HELU database (currently HubSpot), as well as financial and technical infrastructure needed to

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Tell UC to drop their charges against protesting workers

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In late June, University of California Police arrested 3 workers on felony charges and confiscated their possessions for allegedly writing messages like ‘Living Wage Now’ in washable chalk calling on UC to stop underpaying workers. This is an attack on our fundamental democratic rights and the academic worker labor movement at large. Sign here to demand that

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Resist Political Interference in Florida Atlantic University’s Presidential Search

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The Florida Board of Governors has suspended Florida Atlantic University’s presidential search, citing dubious claims about violations of Sunshine Laws. United Faculty of Florida’s belief is that this meddling in the FAU search process is motivated by pure partisanship, as the short list of candidates was composed of three highly qualified higher education professionals, instead

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