What happened to free speech? We've seen at least a dozen political firings in the last week of faculty, staff, and student workers. This isn't just about academic freedom. It's about job security and our right to free speech. It won't stop here. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

TRIO programs provide the kinds of support – advising, mentoring, safe spaces, academic support & more – that help first-gen students thrive in college. All students deserve these opportunities. Instead, the administration is taking away TRIO funding. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

"It is time to resist the injustice that now threatens to be normalized by those who capitulate, sometimes in advance, to powers that are clearly willing to destroy the basic principles that protect the university’s independence against external manipulations." www.chronicle.com/article/when...

CAHE on the (ab)use of antisemitism by the House Education and Workforce Committee to attack organized labor. Who will speak out? Please read and share! academeblog.org/2025/09/12/t...

The University of Minnesota should listen to Willie Nelson and settle with workers striking for a small wage increase and a fair contract.

We had solidarity in Vegas, Reno, and in Elko! Labor in all corners of the state came out in solidarity to say "no" to changing the rules for collective bargaining in the middle of faculty contract negotiations! And the Regents backed down and postponed any changes! @higheredlabor.bsky.social

"Whether a professor, staff member, student, or community member, we all have the right to our own beliefs, ideas, and values and the right to speak about them openly as private citizens." Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/re...

Beloved History professor and Socialist Horizon member Tom Alter was summarily fired on September 10th by Texas State University President Kelly Damphousse for expressing his ideas at a virtual conference. We Demand Texas State University Give Tom Alter His Job Back chng.it/Lr8fkLfy via @Change

Read more in @truthout.org: HELU is "focused on building coalitions of different types of workers on campus and working across the unions that represent higher ed workers." If we're battling quietly now, we're going to have to get loud, right? Are you in? truthout.org/articles/har...

Trump is waging war on higher ed to advance his project to construct a fascist authoritarian regime. Campus workers are uniquely positioned to articulate an alternative vision and wage a united struggle to win it. New Dig w @higheredlabor.bsky.social’s Ian Gavigan www.thedigradio.com/podcast/clas...

Labor activists in coalition of local unions and labor-adjacent orgs. This was new, including the whole workforce of higher ed: faculty, clerical, health care, custodians, librarians, counselors, IT, buildings maintenance, landscapers, dining services, etc. @higheredlabor.bsky.social

Make a statement for higher ed workers this Labor Day with HELU signs! Easily printable from our website, perfect for any kind of Labor Day action. See you in the streets! higheredlaborunited.org/2025/08/28/h...

Loving this from @hankgreen.bsky.social on the ongoing attacks on higher education and why our workplaces have become political battlegrounds. Just wanted to mention another reason these attacks will fail: higher ed workers are FIERCE and getting more organized every day. ❤️ youtu.be/FQwhGOhZRyE?...

A massive attack on several humanities units (Arabic Studies, Judaic Studies, Holocaust Studies, Classics, Religion, German & Scandinavian, Russian/East European/Eurasian Studies) *and* tenure now unfolding at the University of Oregon (a blue state!). Closure of units and faculty layoffs threatened.

Join us on Monday for WHO'S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD BILL? HIGHER ED FIGHTS BACK! Together, we'll learn about how the BIG BAD BILL harms higher ed workers & students and how we can unite and fight back! Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Let’s make sure UC faculty and staff know we have their backs! Sign and share, please! @higheredlabor.bsky.social @sfndhe.bsky.social @standhighered.bsky.social @debtcollective.bsky.social @annakornbluh.bsky.social @trevorgriffey.bsky.social @cnewf.bsky.social sites.google.com/view/ucstand...

Join us Monday, August 18 for WHO’S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD BILL? HIGHER ED FIGHTS BACK! 7:30 PM ET/ 6:30 CT / 5:30 MT / 4:30 PT. Register at bit.ly/HELU_August18

Three years -- even more relevant today. Follow the money, fight for the money -- at the federal, state, and campus level. Don't wait to bicker over the crumbs of department allocations. Fight bigger. @aaup.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social www.aaup.org/academe/issu...

Start spreading the word! @higheredlabor.bsky.social has put together a webinar everyone in #highered #AcademicSky #MADC should join! us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

“Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Bill: Higher Ed Fights Back” Mon, Aug 18 7:30 pm et, 4:30 pt. Joined by Sara Garcia, a policy analyst for Senator Bernie Sanders on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP). @higheredlabor.bsky.social @aaup.org us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Check out my newest at the @higheredlabor.bsky.social blog! More #MADC actions.... higheredlaborunited.org/2025/07/22/j...

"As a college professor, watching the dismantling of America’s education system has been among the most discouraging events of my life." We agree @aaup.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social

From the @higheredlabor.bsky.social newsletter: fighting instructor layoffs at the University of Arizona #contingent #adjunct #HigherEd higheredlaborunited.org/2025/07/22/c...

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 higheredlaborunited.org/2025/07/22/t...

💻 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....

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...

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, @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...

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...

@utaustinaaup.bsky.social 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.” ✊

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...

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 www.texastribune.org/2025/05/15/t...

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 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."

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. academicfreedomontheline.substack.com/p/informatio...

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...

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...

The Graduate Labor Union at the University of Rochester is standing strong on day 10 of their strike for a union election, and UUP is proud to stand with them! #UofRStrike #UnionsForAll

More Americans are reporting using "Buy Now, Pay Later" plans to purchase groceries, according to a survey from Lending Tree. 25% of respondents said they used BNPL loans for groceries. That number was 14% in 2024.

Deaths from heart disease down 75%, that’s NIH. Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH. HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH. 99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH. Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.