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Loyola Marymount workers holding up signs for the union

Loyola Marymount Stops Union Negotiations 10 Months In, Citing Religious Exemption

The union filed a complaint with the NLRB in response, but experts say given the current political climate, the board and the courts will likely side with the university.

Columbia University inscribed on the Library facade

Cancellation of Grad Student Teaching Roles Fans Union Fight at Columbia

The university is advertising the open teaching positions to adjuncts, postdocs and New York–based graduate students at other universities.

People march outside, some carrying signs, one of which says, "Union Now!"

Strike Failed to Pressure Rochester Into Non-NLRB Election

Ph.D. student workers say they’re not planning to resume a walkout this fall after trying in the spring to push the university to host a private union election.

Todd Wolfson

‘Higher Ed Alone Cannot Save Democracy’

More than a year into his presidency of the American Association of University Professors—including nearly seven months of Trump’s targeting of universities—Todd Wolfson is calling for a “multisector” fight that’s not just reactive.

Higher Ed’s Troubles Are Affecting Its Workforce: The Key

As colleges across the country cut staff, implement hiring freezes and slash budgets, fewer people could see higher education as...
The Ohio capitol with an outline of the state and SB1 in the background.

Citing Ohio’s Sweeping Higher Ed Law, College Refuses to Sign Union Contract

Central Ohio Technical College said it rejected a tentative agreement because provisions conflicted with Senate Bill 1. Faculty say the institution acted too late and must sign.

Higher Ed Unions Call for Free College in Federal Policy Agenda

A coalition of labor unions representing faculty and other higher education workers called for free college and more Thursday—the same...
Aerial View of Burton Memorial Tower Amidst Urban Landscape, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Union: Police Raids Targeted Michigan Palestine Activists

The state attorney general’s office says it is investigating “multi-jurisdictional acts of vandalism,” but further details are sparse. The grad workers’ union claims “repression.”