Autoworkers and Academics: To Quote Maya Angelou, “We Are More Alike, My Friends, Than Unalike.”
Nomadic employees. Expanding ranks of “permanent temps.” Different tiers of pay for the same work. Standard operating procedures for Big Three? Yes—and also for Big Academics, including many of the nation’s largest universities.
Support the Struggle: Add Your Name In Support of UE Workers at MIT
UAW Region 9A Higher Education workers wrote a letter in solidarity with UE members against recent efforts by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to undermine their rights. Read the letter below, and add your…After a 10-week strike and years of organizing, 97.6% of SWC-UAW members vote to ratify historic contract
After 10 weeks of striking, the Student Workers of Columbia-United Auto Workers voted to ratify a nationally significant contract with the University. Following a 15-day discussion period and a six-day voting period, the contract was supported by 97.6 percent of…Harvard’s Graduate Student Union Files Complaint Over Spring Covid Policies
Harvard’s graduate student union presented University leaders with a list of grievances about the school’s updated spring Covid-19 protocols last week, calling for free high-quality masks and expanded testing. In a letter to administrators last Wednesday,…