Higher Education Labor United (HELU)
@higheredlabor.bsky.social
A national coalition from all ranks of higher education workers across the country organizing to guarantee higher education for all.
We stand with our union siblings @uupinfo.bsky.social, who started negotiations with New York State today. Looking forward to all your wins and supporting you whenever needed! #uupcontract
February 4, 2026 at 9:12 PM
We stand with our union siblings @uupinfo.bsky.social, who started negotiations with New York State today. Looking forward to all your wins and supporting you whenever needed! #uupcontract
Let’s support workers in MN! Contribute to Unite HERE Local 17’s Solidarity Fund to support mutual aid for MN workers. Send us a copy of your receipt from contributing $20+ and we'll mail you a special HELU postcard & sticker! higheredlaborunited.org/2026/01/27/a...
#ICEOUT #ICEOUTMN #ICEOutofMN
#ICEOUT #ICEOUTMN #ICEOutofMN
January 28, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Let’s support workers in MN! Contribute to Unite HERE Local 17’s Solidarity Fund to support mutual aid for MN workers. Send us a copy of your receipt from contributing $20+ and we'll mail you a special HELU postcard & sticker! higheredlaborunited.org/2026/01/27/a...
#ICEOUT #ICEOUTMN #ICEOutofMN
#ICEOUT #ICEOUTMN #ICEOutofMN
Post-march Day of Truth and Freedom Rally in Minneapolis! Amazing turnout, amazing vibes. Commemorate today's solidarity by contributing to Unite HERE Local 17's Solidarity Fund! Tell us & we'll send you a postcard AND a sticker: higheredlaborunited.org/postcards-fo... #ICEOUT #ICEOUTMN #ICEOutofMN
January 23, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Post-march Day of Truth and Freedom Rally in Minneapolis! Amazing turnout, amazing vibes. Commemorate today's solidarity by contributing to Unite HERE Local 17's Solidarity Fund! Tell us & we'll send you a postcard AND a sticker: higheredlaborunited.org/postcards-fo... #ICEOUT #ICEOUTMN #ICEOutofMN
January 23, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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It's -20 in Minneapolis and organizers are in the streets before dawn getting ready for actions related to the general strike. They've had locals training out-of-town volunteers on how to prepare for and endure the cold. AND IT IS WORKING. THE STRIKE IS HAPPENING. THE CITY IS DOING THE DAMN THING...
January 23, 2026 at 12:42 PM
It's -20 in Minneapolis and organizers are in the streets before dawn getting ready for actions related to the general strike. They've had locals training out-of-town volunteers on how to prepare for and endure the cold. AND IT IS WORKING. THE STRIKE IS HAPPENING. THE CITY IS DOING THE DAMN THING...
Let’s support workers in MN! Contribute $20+ to Unite HERE Local 17 Solidarity Fund to support mutual aid for MN union members. Send us a copy of your receipt and we'll mail you a special HELU postcard & sticker! workingpartnerships.betterworld.org/campaigns/un... #ICEOUT #ICEOUTMN #ICEOutofMN
January 23, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Let’s support workers in MN! Contribute $20+ to Unite HERE Local 17 Solidarity Fund to support mutual aid for MN union members. Send us a copy of your receipt and we'll mail you a special HELU postcard & sticker! workingpartnerships.betterworld.org/campaigns/un... #ICEOUT #ICEOUTMN #ICEOutofMN
A response to recent events from incoming HELU Vice Chair and President of Minnesota's Inter Faculty Organization. Now is the moment to take action. See you in the streets.
January 13, 2026 at 7:45 PM
A response to recent events from incoming HELU Vice Chair and President of Minnesota's Inter Faculty Organization. Now is the moment to take action. See you in the streets.
Earlier this month, HELU Leadership convened in Detroit to connect, reflect, and strategize. We left feeing energized and ready for the work ahead.
HELU is building a wall-to-wall, coast-to-coast higher ed labor movement. Join us!!!
HELU is building a wall-to-wall, coast-to-coast higher ed labor movement. Join us!!!
December 17, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Earlier this month, HELU Leadership convened in Detroit to connect, reflect, and strategize. We left feeing energized and ready for the work ahead.
HELU is building a wall-to-wall, coast-to-coast higher ed labor movement. Join us!!!
HELU is building a wall-to-wall, coast-to-coast higher ed labor movement. Join us!!!
When the University of Arizona was one of the nine original targets of the Trump Administration's Compact for Higher Ed, the United Campus Workers of Arizona (UCWAZ) was ready to respond. Read more on the HELU blog: higheredlaborunited.org/2025/12/05/u...
December 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
When the University of Arizona was one of the nine original targets of the Trump Administration's Compact for Higher Ed, the United Campus Workers of Arizona (UCWAZ) was ready to respond. Read more on the HELU blog: higheredlaborunited.org/2025/12/05/u...
We're building a higher ed labor movement, wall-to-wall & coast-to-coast. Time to dress like it!
HELU hats, t-shirts, and hoodies are available now: shop.worxprinting.coop/collections/helu
HELU hats, t-shirts, and hoodies are available now: shop.worxprinting.coop/collections/helu
December 11, 2025 at 9:03 AM
We're building a higher ed labor movement, wall-to-wall & coast-to-coast. Time to dress like it!
HELU hats, t-shirts, and hoodies are available now: shop.worxprinting.coop/collections/helu
HELU hats, t-shirts, and hoodies are available now: shop.worxprinting.coop/collections/helu
Sign AAUP North Carolina's petition to protect academic freedom! bit.ly/3YgUs7L
December 10, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Sign AAUP North Carolina's petition to protect academic freedom! bit.ly/3YgUs7L
Read more about the action higher ed workers and students in NYC took November 7th to say NO to the compact and HANDS OFF HIGHER ED! #HELU#higheredlaborunited
December 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Read more about the action higher ed workers and students in NYC took November 7th to say NO to the compact and HANDS OFF HIGHER ED! #HELU#higheredlaborunited
United Campus Workers of Virginia CWA 2265's Higher Ed Week of Action is happening this week! Read more on the HELU blog.
December 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
United Campus Workers of Virginia CWA 2265's Higher Ed Week of Action is happening this week! Read more on the HELU blog.
Join us TONIGHT 10/29 @ 7:30pm ET for a ✨ spooky✨ look into the world of academic healthcare workers. A haunted house with: funding cuts, staff shortages, & more. "Skeleton Crews at Academic Medical Centers: The Dangerous Results of Bare-Bones Funding": us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Join us TONIGHT 10/29 @ 7:30pm ET for a ✨ spooky✨ look into the world of academic healthcare workers. A haunted house with: funding cuts, staff shortages, & more. "Skeleton Crews at Academic Medical Centers: The Dangerous Results of Bare-Bones Funding": us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
TOMORROW! Join HELU's Contingency Task Force on Zoom for a wall-to-wall, coast-to-coast screening of ADJUNCT & a post-screening discussion with filmmaker Ron Najor! Saturday, October 25 at 2:30 ET / 1:30 CT / 12:30 MT / 11:30 PT. Register at bit.ly/watch_adjunct
October 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
TOMORROW! Join HELU's Contingency Task Force on Zoom for a wall-to-wall, coast-to-coast screening of ADJUNCT & a post-screening discussion with filmmaker Ron Najor! Saturday, October 25 at 2:30 ET / 1:30 CT / 12:30 MT / 11:30 PT. Register at bit.ly/watch_adjunct
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Happening now: @uconnaaup.bsky.social members & fellow colleagues in #UConnLabor stand together to shift the balance of power in current #union contract negotiations. #TheCTDifference @aft.org @aftacademics.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social @aaup.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Happening now: @uconnaaup.bsky.social members & fellow colleagues in #UConnLabor stand together to shift the balance of power in current #union contract negotiations. #TheCTDifference @aft.org @aftacademics.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social @aaup.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social
Join HELU's Contingency Task Force on Zoom for a wall-to-wall, coast-to-coast screening of ADJUNCT & a post-screening discussion with filmmaker Ron Najor! Saturday, October 25 at 2:30 ET / 1:30 CT / 12:30 MT / 11:30 PT. Register at bit.ly/watch_adjunct
October 16, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Join HELU's Contingency Task Force on Zoom for a wall-to-wall, coast-to-coast screening of ADJUNCT & a post-screening discussion with filmmaker Ron Najor! Saturday, October 25 at 2:30 ET / 1:30 CT / 12:30 MT / 11:30 PT. Register at bit.ly/watch_adjunct
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Sign the "No Loyalty Oaths in Education!" petition started by Sunrise and sponsored by @higheredlabor.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/petitions/un...
University Administrations: Reject Trump's "Loyalty Oath" Compacts
The Trump administration is trying to blackmail schools to let him and his unqualified bureaucrats run our schools. They want to dictate what schools teach, who they admit and hire, what researchers s...
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October 10, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Sign the "No Loyalty Oaths in Education!" petition started by Sunrise and sponsored by @higheredlabor.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/petitions/un...
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And also, if you can’t stand on principle, stand on self preservation. Signing won’t stop this regime from attacking. Signing signals weakness, that you’re an easy target.
There is absolutely nothing to be gained by signing this.
There is absolutely nothing to be gained by signing this.
More of this. Signing this authoritarian devil’s bargain would betray higher education’s independence and the pursuit of knowledge.
MIT rejects "the Compact"
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
October 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
And also, if you can’t stand on principle, stand on self preservation. Signing won’t stop this regime from attacking. Signing signals weakness, that you’re an easy target.
There is absolutely nothing to be gained by signing this.
There is absolutely nothing to be gained by signing this.
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"If we are to live in a world in which universities emerge from the current moment as sites of thought, learning, and community... we cannot let higher education unions be defeated."
http://www.publicbooks.org/our-right-to-our-union-graduate-student-workers-under-threat/
http://www.publicbooks.org/our-right-to-our-union-graduate-student-workers-under-threat/
Our Right to Our Union: Graduate Student Workers Under Threat - Public Books
University leaders may make a show of opposing Trump when funding is under threat, but they will happily align themselves with him in confronting graduate student workers.
www.publicbooks.org
October 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"If we are to live in a world in which universities emerge from the current moment as sites of thought, learning, and community... we cannot let higher education unions be defeated."
http://www.publicbooks.org/our-right-to-our-union-graduate-student-workers-under-threat/
http://www.publicbooks.org/our-right-to-our-union-graduate-student-workers-under-threat/
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Prof. Karma Chavez: “I think UT’s good enough just to compete on the regular marketplace and still win.” That’s right! UT doesn’t need to trade its independence and autonomy for vague promises of “preferential” federal grant funding! 👏🧡✊ #LonghornPride
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October 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Prof. Karma Chavez: “I think UT’s good enough just to compete on the regular marketplace and still win.” That’s right! UT doesn’t need to trade its independence and autonomy for vague promises of “preferential” federal grant funding! 👏🧡✊ #LonghornPride
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ICYMI our Cultural Center, which included the Pride Lounge, BIPOC lounge, & Pride Closet, is no more. Any remaining functions have been merged, along with Native American and Indigenous Initiatives and Black Community Initiatives, into a "Community Connections Team"
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October 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
ICYMI our Cultural Center, which included the Pride Lounge, BIPOC lounge, & Pride Closet, is no more. Any remaining functions have been merged, along with Native American and Indigenous Initiatives and Black Community Initiatives, into a "Community Connections Team"
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MIT rejects the compact! 👏👏👏👏
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“The document also includes principles w/ which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression & our independence as an institution. And [it] is inconsistent w/ our core belief that scientific funding shld be based on scientific merit alone.”
“The document also includes principles w/ which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression & our independence as an institution. And [it] is inconsistent w/ our core belief that scientific funding shld be based on scientific merit alone.”
Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart
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October 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
MIT rejects the compact! 👏👏👏👏
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I am proud to say that MIT has rejected Trump's poison compact. MIT President Sally Kornbluth: "Therefore, with respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education."
@aaup.org @aft.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social @uaw.org
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@aaup.org @aft.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social @uaw.org
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Regarding the Compact
links.mit.edu
October 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I am proud to say that MIT has rejected Trump's poison compact. MIT President Sally Kornbluth: "Therefore, with respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education."
@aaup.org @aft.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social @uaw.org
links.mit.edu/nl3/N5Jy2cKq...
@aaup.org @aft.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social @uaw.org
links.mit.edu/nl3/N5Jy2cKq...
Trump is demanding nine colleges and universities sign a "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education." These demands will come to all of higher ed if we don't stand together and fight back now. Tell our college and university administrations: Reject the Compact! tinyurl.com/rejectthecom...
October 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Trump is demanding nine colleges and universities sign a "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education." These demands will come to all of higher ed if we don't stand together and fight back now. Tell our college and university administrations: Reject the Compact! tinyurl.com/rejectthecom...