Higher Education Labor United (HELU)
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
- 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
- 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
- Reposted by Higher Education Labor United (HELU)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
- 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!!!
- 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
- 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
- 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...
- 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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- 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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- Reposted by Higher Education Labor United (HELU)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...
- 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...
- HELU's International Campus Worker Protections (ICWP) Campaign is organizing to pressure our institutions to stand up for international workers. Read more about this campaign in a recent piece by organizer Bobby Huggins higheredlaborunited.org/2025/09/22/t...
- Read about the attack on academic freedom in Louisiana in a September 2025 article by Kimberly Terrell, Ph.D. higheredlaborunited.org/2025/09/22/l...
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- What happened to free speech? We've seen at least a dozen political firings in the last week of faculty, staff, and student workers. This isn't just about academic freedom. It's about job security and our right to free speech. It won't stop here. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
- TRIO programs provide the kinds of support – advising, mentoring, safe spaces, academic support & more – that help first-gen students thrive in college. All students deserve these opportunities. Instead, the administration is taking away TRIO funding. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
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- "Whether a professor, staff member, student, or community member, we all have the right to our own beliefs, ideas, and values and the right to speak about them openly as private citizens." Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/re...
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- Read more in @truthout.org: HELU is "focused on building coalitions of different types of workers on campus and working across the unions that represent higher ed workers." If we're battling quietly now, we're going to have to get loud, right? Are you in? truthout.org/articles/har...
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- Make a statement for higher ed workers this Labor Day with HELU signs! Easily printable from our website, perfect for any kind of Labor Day action. See you in the streets! higheredlaborunited.org/2025/08/28/h...
- Loving this from @hankgreen.bsky.social on the ongoing attacks on higher education and why our workplaces have become political battlegrounds. Just wanted to mention another reason these attacks will fail: higher ed workers are FIERCE and getting more organized every day. ❤️ youtu.be/FQwhGOhZRyE?...
- Reposted by Higher Education Labor United (HELU)A massive attack on several humanities units (Arabic Studies, Judaic Studies, Holocaust Studies, Classics, Religion, German & Scandinavian, Russian/East European/Eurasian Studies) *and* tenure now unfolding at the University of Oregon (a blue state!). Closure of units and faculty layoffs threatened.
- Join us on Monday for WHO'S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD BILL? HIGHER ED FIGHTS BACK! Together, we'll learn about how the BIG BAD BILL harms higher ed workers & students and how we can unite and fight back! Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
- Join us Monday, August 18 for WHO’S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD BILL? HIGHER ED FIGHTS BACK! 7:30 PM ET/ 6:30 CT / 5:30 MT / 4:30 PT. Register at bit.ly/HELU_August18
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- Join us Monday, August 18 for WHO’S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD BILL? HIGHER ED FIGHTS BACK! 7:30 PM ET/ 6:30 CT / 5:30 MT / 4:30 PT. Register at bit.ly/HELU_August18
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- Wednesday, July 30: Join us for a strategy discussion about how we can build solidarity across job categories on campus. 6pm ET/5pm CT/4pm MT/3pm PT on Zoom: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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- We’re hiring organizing staff!!!
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- Tune in TODAY 5/22 at 11am ET/10am CT/9am MT/8am PT to hear labor leaders and elected allies from around the country unveil HELU’s policy agenda for the future of higher education in Washington, D.C. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ja0...
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- HELU is hiring! We're looking for a Part-Time Operations Coordinator to help us grow as an organization in this moment of turmoil. Read more and apply: higheredlaborunited.org/2025/05/05/h...
- Congress is reviewing a budget reconciliation bill that would be history’s most dangerous higher ed bill. This bill, if passed, will bar working-class families from attending higher education. We need to stop it from passing. @debtcollective.bsky.social higheredlaborunited.org/2025/05/01/d...
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- Lots going on in Oregon right now and many ways to show solidarity (a 🧵). University of Oregon Student Workers are on strike! You can support them from anywhere by donating to their hardship or picket line support funds: higheredlaborunited.org/2025/04/29/s...
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- Workers at @urochester.bsky.social are on strike. Why? The University refuses to schedule a union election. The University of Rochester needs to stop stalling and treat its workers with respect. Higher ed workers stand united! And Bernie's with us, too. @sanders.senate.gov #UofRStrike #UnionsForAll
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