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February 25, 2024
Thousands of staff at York University are prepared to walk out and strike Monday morning, as an agreement has still not been reached between the university and the union.
February 9, 2024
The rank and file of the labor movement must resolve to confront the predatory capitalism plaguing our workplaces.
January 24, 2024
The cancellation of the Cal State university worker strike this week has led to an outpouring of anger and underscores the necessity for the building and strengthening of rank and file committees in opposition to the treacherous union establishment.
January 16, 2024
The Newsom administration seeks to tie the raises for healthcare workers to the state revenue, effectively allowing the postponement of the wage increases indefinitely.
January 6, 2024
The California Faculty Association has announced a one-week systemwide strike set for January 22-26.
December 6, 2023
After delivering a 95 percent strike authorization, the California Faculty Association has organized only isolated one-day strikes over four days.
October 26, 2023
Students Vote to Form Harvard Undergraduate Workers Union in Landslide Election | News | The Harvard Crimson
October 19, 2023
At its peak, the United Auto Workers union had 1.5 million members. Today, the "A" in UAW might as well include academia, as roughly 100,000 of the union's 383,000 members work in higher education.
October 11, 2023
We must show the university that their obstruction is unacceptable. A mass-participatory vote conveys our ability to organize and to escalate if necessary until all the raises and benefits in our contract are secured.
September 15, 2023
The California State Board of Trustees on Wednesday approved a 6% tuition increase for the next five years, which will apply across all 23 campuses. In the last 12 years, tuition has only increased once by 5%. CSU Assistant Vice Chancellor Ryan Storm stated that the multi-year tuition proposal, which was announced earlier this year,...