Solidarity Asks

From our colleagues at the Debt Collective: Right now, Congress is reviewing markups for a budget reconciliation bill that, if approved, will be history’s most dangerous higher ed bill. The bill will take away the right for working class people to access higher education, severely reducing access to student loans and removing the possibility of […]

From our colleagues at AFT-Oregon: The newly formed University of Oregon Student Workers union announced that it will be going on strike on Tuesday, April 29. They are calling on the labor community to help them by donating to their hardship fund, which will go to supporting striking workers. They also want support for their

From the Graduate Labor Union/Graduate Workers at the University of Rochester: On April 21, 2025, graduate workers at the University of Rochester went on strike. Graduate workers teach, mentor, and conduct essential research in full time capacities. Yet some of us earn as little as $15,000 a year and have working conditions devoid of dignity

🔥 HANDS OFF: HIGHER EDUCATION RALLY 🔥 📍 Oregon State Capitol State Park (meet at Court & Summer St NE) 🗓 Thursday, May 8 | 🕓 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Join AFT-Oregon, Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon, and OCTPET for the Hands Off: Higher Education Rally. Public education and higher education are under attack,

United Campus Workers of Arizona – CWA Local 7065 (UCWAZ) and Community College Workers United (CCWU) represent faculty, staff, and students of University of Arizona, Arizona State University, and Northern Arizona University, and the Maricopa Community Colleges. We are organizing to resist the continued erosion of federal, public funding for higher education, moves to eliminate

From our colleagues at LCCEA: Sign your name to urge the LCC Board of Education to provide a fair contract for LCC faculty, including: Read more and sign on here.

This fundraiser is organized by Rümeysa Öztürk’s Immigration Court legal team: We are raising urgent funds for the legal support of Rümeysa Öztürk, a Fulbright scholar and Tufts University graduate student residing in Massachusetts on a valid student visa who is detained by ICE for advocating for human rights and dignity for all.   On Tuesday, March 25th, Rümeysa was heading out to meet with friends to break her Ramadan fast when she was abducted by masked, plainclothes agents who didn’t identify themselves until after she asked who

From our colleagues at WOAW-UAW: WOAW-UAW represents approximately 30% of faculty ​​and teaches 40% of the courses across all disciplines, from Lecturers to Instructors in Science Laboratory to Mellon Postdoctoral Fellows. Since May 2024, the WOAW-UAW bargaining committee has been negotiating with Wellesley over all issues pertaining to our work. Despite 23 bargaining sessions, spanning

From our colleagues at SEIU: Tomorrow, SEIU is taking action across the country to defend our freedom of speech and to declare that all immigrants deserve due process and transparency. At more than 10 ICE detention centers and field offices, on college campuses, or wherever we can take a minute to participate online, we’re going