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...
UW Researchers Begin the Fight to Organize
On Monday, Dec. 21, a majority of UW’s 1,500 researchers filed their representation petition with the Public Employment Relations Commission seeking to be certified as a new bargaining unit with UAW Local 4121, which represents more than 6,000 Academic Student...
Revolutions Per Minute Podcast: Winning 1M1V and SRU-UAW winning recognition
Check out the latest episode of the Revolutions Per Minute Podcast on the fight for a democratic UAW that actually fights for its members. Also, Student Researchers United-UAW discuss how a strike threat won recognition for their 17,000 member union. Listen to the...