Higher Education Labor United (HELU)

Check out my newest at the @higheredlabor.bsky.social blog! More #MADC actions....

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"As a college professor, watching the dismantling of America’s education system has been among the most discouraging events of my life."
We agree
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From the @higheredlabor.bsky.social newsletter: fighting instructor layoffs at the University of Arizona

#contingent #adjunct #HigherEd

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If @uofcalifornia.bsky.social doesn't budge on its concession bargaining with @uptecwa.bsky.social and @afscme3299.bsky.social, it faces the prospect of having more than 120,000 workers out of contract by January 1. @higheredlabor.bsky.social

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Contingent Labor at the University of Arizona: One Damn Thing After Another UCWAZ, CWA Local 7065 member Nataly Reed submitted an article to the Higher Education Labor United (HELU) blog on Tuesday, July 22nd. Her piece sums up recent cuts to the Writing Program at the Univer...

💻 New blog post alert!

Check out this piece one of our members submitted to the @higheredlabor.bsky.social blog, "Contingent Labor at the University of Arizona: One Damn Thing After Another" at ucwarizona.org/blog/conting....

Building Campus Solidarity Across Job Categories: Lessons from Recent Strikes & Adjunct Struggles Speakers include: Todd Wolfson, President, American Association of University Professors Diana Vallera, President, Columbia College Faculty Union Bryan Sacks, Immediate Past President, Rutgers Adjunct Union Sydney Brahmavar, Secretary, Clark College Association of Higher Educators

Wednesday, July 30: Join us for a strategy discussion about how we can build solidarity across job categories on campus. 6pm ET/5pm CT/4pm MT/3pm PT on Zoom: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Union members rally against systemwide layoffs at UC regents meeting About 25 members of various unions representing University of California employees protested outside the Luskin Conference Center on July 15 at UCLA, carrying banners objecting to mass layoffs during…

About 25 members of various unions representing University of California employees protested outside the UC Board of Regents’ July 15 meetings at UCLA’s Luskin Conference Center. The University Council held the rally and had members attend public comment

On August 20, 2025 at 7 PM EST, Higher Ed Labor United is bringing together higher ed library workers across the country to strategize against threats to their livelihoods and profession.

On August 20, 2025 at 7 PM EST, @higheredlabor.bsky.social is bringing together higher ed library workers across the country to strategize against threats to their livelihoods and profession. See this message for more info.

Happening now: #union activists gather for @aft.org & @aaup.org #2025SummerInstitute; skills to build power in #HigherEd, protect #AcademicFreedom, secure students' learning opp'ys. #DefendHigherEd @afthighered.bsky.social @aftacademics.bsky.social‬ @csuaaup.bsky.social @higheredlabor.bsky.social‬

United Academics of Oregon State University seeks an Organizer to be based in Corvallis, OR. Details can be found at: unionjobs.com/listing.php?... #1u #UnionStrong @aft.org

We’re hiring organizing staff!!!

Massachusetts decided to tax the rich, and collected $2.6 billion over the last 10 months.

That’s $2.6 billion more to spend on transportation and education.

Be sure to check this out! Important moment in higher ed labor movement.

And we were repped there by our VP @dmgreene.bsky.social & @mtmiller.bsky.social.

How can we make U.S. higher ed into a robust engine of social equality that serves the common good?

Check this out and get involved in @higheredlabor.bsky.social & @aaup.bsky.social!

Earlier today, union leaders and elected officials from across the country, including UAW 4811 president Rafael Jaime, gathered in Washington D.C. to unveil the @higheredlabor.bsky.social policy agenda: calling on lawmakers to ensure protection and investment in higher education.

ICYMI yesterday, you can watch the HELU press briefing in D.C. where labor leaders rolled out a worker-led federal policy agenda for the future of higher ed www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ja0...

YouTube video by Higher Ed Labor United Labor Leaders & Policymakers Release Worker-Led Agenda for Systemic Policy Change

Tune in TODAY 5/22 at 11am ET/10am CT/9am MT/8am PT to hear labor leaders and elected allies from around the country unveil HELU’s policy agenda for the future of higher education in Washington, D.C. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ja0...

Here's why Texas professors, advocates are protesting SB 37 as it pends in House committee Senate Bill 37 is now pending in the Texas House Higher Education Committee after it was passed in the Senate. Here's why professors are against it.

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Pres. Pauline Strong: “Far from the false stereotype of woke professors this bill seeks to address, faculty are responsible, hardworking citizens dedicated to the advancement of our students, our institutions and our state.” ✊

NYU withholds diploma of student who condemned Israel in graduation speech University says it ‘strongly denounces’ commencement speech by Logan Rozos, who called out ‘atrocities’ in Gaza

In his commencement address, NYU student Logan Rozos bravely used his platform to condemn US involvement in the genocide in Gaza. We support Logan's right to speak freely about matters of conscience, and condemn the NYU admin's disciplinary actions. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Faculty and students blast Texas House panel for limiting testimony on bill that targets state universities The House's higher education committee closed registration to testify on Senate Bill 37 less than half an hour after the hearing started. About 20 people said they didn't get to address lawmakers.

Why speak out against SB37? It threatens academic freedom, shared governance & due process, the cornerstones of American higher ed. It increases state control over public higher ed in TX. It disempowers Faculty Senates. Even unpassed, it has harmed the curriculum
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The PSC stands by our condemnation of the administration’s decision and now demands accountability from the CUNY administration and City authorities.

Read the full statement here: psc-cuny.org/news-events/...

IU Bloomington Asked Faculty Taking Buyouts to Sign NDAs The agreements, which have raised academic freedom advocates’ eyebrows, said that those wanting a voluntary retirement payout can’t criticize the university or any of its employees.

IU Bloomington Asked Faculty Taking Buyouts to Sign NDAs

Union for nearly 1,000 U of M resident physicians certified by state • Minnesota Reformer Nearly 1,000 resident physicians at the University of Minnesota are officially unionized with SEIU Committee of Interns and Residents after a state labor board certified on Friday that a majority of r...

"The union drives at both Hennepin Healthcare and the University of Minnesota were remarkably fast compared to the private sector because of a recent change in state law, which governs public sector employees."

'Attack on higher education' or 'rescue mission'? New law quietly changes USU curriculum LOGAN — Utah State University is redefining how civics and the general education curriculum will be taught, thanks to some help from the legislature and a new law that went

Outrageous. Vice Provost Kleiner sold out USU faculty to replace crucial writing courses with a course focused on "western civilization and the rise of Christianity." This is a Christrian-nationalist attack on academic freedom.

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Information Is the Antidote to Repression Resources for fighting for academic freedom.

Great piece by Anna Feder overviewing the legal, digital security, and dox defense resources now curated at the @aaup.bsky.social Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom's website. Post previously published at Academe Blog. Check it out.
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HELU is hiring! We're looking for a Part-Time Operations Coordinator to help us grow as an organization in this moment of turmoil. Read more and apply: higheredlaborunited.org/2025/05/05/h...

Calling Your Elected Official - MOST DANGEROUS HIGHER ED BILL 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...

The bill will take away working class people's right to access higher ed, severely reducing access to student loans, & removing the possibility of cancellation. Call your rep to demand they vote AGAINST The Most Dangerous Higher Ed Bill in History: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Student Debtors Fight Back Call Join fellow student debtors as we discuss the billionaire budget aimed at gutting student debt protections, limiting cancellation and ultimately, resegregation in higher education. If this bill passes...

Join fellow student debtors to discuss how the budget aims at gutting student debt protections, limiting cancellation and ultimately, resegregation in higher education. Build debtor power to fight back! Join the call May 6 at 7pm ET/6pm CT/5pm MT/4pm PT. debtcollective.org/event/studen...

Your elected officials need to be put on notice that student debtors demand their protections are not repealed, removed, limited, or stripped. We demand education that doesn’t put us in debt. Write to demand your representatives vote against this bill: secure.everyaction.com/R3GBuLgic0KP...

Congress is reviewing a budget reconciliation bill that would be history’s most dangerous higher ed bill. This bill, if passed, will bar working-class families from attending higher education. We need to stop it from passing. @debtcollective.bsky.social higheredlaborunited.org/2025/05/01/d...