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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.
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.
‘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
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
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.”
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U Rochester Ph.D. Student Workers Strike for an Election Without the NLRB
The institution backed out of plans to host a vote and suggested graduate workers pursue the federally controlled process instead. That’s risky in the Trump era.