Higher Education

“Angry, Terrified, and Excited”: A CUNY Adjunct Approaches A New Semester During Contract Bargaining
Adjuncts at CUNY are heading back to work without a new contract. One of these workers reflects on the poor conditions they will return to and their excitement to organize with their union for a better CUNY.
A CUNY Adjunct Faculty Member
August 31, 2023Northeastern Grad Workers Organize for a Union Despite Harassment and Intimidation
In preparation for a union vote in September, graduate student workers at Northeastern University held a rally which defied intimidation from the administration and campus cops.
Tarang Saluja
July 26, 2023The University of Michigan Exploits Graduate Workers, Refuses to Pay a Living Wage
Graduate student workers at the University of Michigan are fighting exploitation by university administrators, and trying to win a living wage.
Ryan McCarty
July 11, 2023CUNY Shuts Down Social Justice Center Over Pro-Palestine Exhibit
The Borough of Manhattan Community College is shutting down its Social Justice and Equity Centers after complaints from Pro-Zionist professors about an exhibit on Palestinian resistance. Faculty are fighting back.
Left Voice
June 26, 2023Campus Cops Intimidate Grad Workers in Ann Arbor, Michigan
We publish here a statement by the Graduate Employees' Organization detailing and condemning the repressive tactics of the University of Michigan administration in response to the strength and resilience of striking grad workers.
Left Voice
June 1, 2023Rekindling the Militant Spirit of CUNY’s Past
Mayor Eric Adams has announced an austerity budget that includes significant cuts to the City University of New York among other city agencies. In order to defeat these cuts, students, faculty, and other workers across the city must unite our struggles and be prepared to shut the university down.
James Dennis Hoff
May 22, 2023Striking Workers at the University of Michigan Are Building Powerful Solidarity
University of Michigan graduate students have been on strike for one month. While these workers have faced harsh conditions, the broad connections and class-consciousness they are developing are worth celebrating.
Ryan McCarty
April 29, 2023North Carolina and Texas Bills Would Eliminate Long-Term Job Security in Higher Education
The bills would eliminate tenure, destroying the primary form of job security in higher education. The North Carolina bill also makes a series of other attacks against workers and students.
Olivia Wood
April 28, 2023University of Michigan Graduate Student Strike Continues in the Face of Increasing Retaliation
After losing a court injunction hearing, the University of Michigan administrators have given up any pretense of continuing negotiations with its own graduate student workers. Instead, the university has turned to attempts at intimidation to try to break the strike.
Ryan McCarty
April 24, 2023Equal Pay Today, the Whole World Tomorrow: Speech from the Rutgers Picket Line
Academic workers are strengthening their organizing muscles. The bonds formed during these contract campaigns can lay the groundwork for more largescale class struggle in the future.
Olivia Wood
April 14, 2023