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Faculty at Seattle University, Marist College, celebrate NLRB rulings
With much of the higher education world focused on last week’s historic ruling on graduate students, two major victories on opposite
Read MoreGoucher College contingent faculty win long fight for their union
After a year and a half, the final votes in the election have counted, and contingent faculty at Goucher College in Maryland voted 40-36
Read MoreGraduate student employees launch a nationwide drive to organize unions with SEIU
WASHINGTON– Following a decision from the NLRB to restore their rights, graduate student employees at private universities across the
Read MoreFaculty and graduate students Fight for $15 and a union in Richmond
Thousands of women and men from across the country endured the heat to make a powerful statement for the underpaid workers’ movement
Read MoreGraduate student employees join the national union movement in higher education
The union movement in higher ed heats up this summer as graduate students who teach and conduct research for their universities are
Read MoreThousands of faculty join SEIU as the movement marches on in 2016
There have been an amazing number of milestones for the faculty movement this Spring Semester. So far in 2016, thousands of faculty members
Read MoreSEIU joins Elizabeth Warren in support of Graduate Savings Act
In early June, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D) and Michael Lee (R) introduced the Graduate Savings Act of 2016. If passed, the Graduate
Read MorePostdocs unite to confront challenges in higher education
For too long, many colleges and universities have relied on up to 90,000 over-worked and underpaid postdoctoral appointees (postdocs) in
Read MorePostdoctoral Researchers Win Housing Victory at the University of Minnesota
On May 11, on the heels of an active campaign to protect their housing rights, University of Minnesota’s international researchers won
Read MoreFaculty vow to take Fight for $15, union rights to the ballot box in 2016 by joining others in massive protests at city halls in 500 cities
More college faculty are working “part-time,” but they don’t always earn enough to cover basic necessities like food, clothing and
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