HELU-Higher ed Labor United

Higher Ed Labor United (HELU) summit, a group representing more than half a million academic workers across the country dedicated to reforming and rebuilding the U.S. higher education system. The coalition, made up of workers across ranks—including tenured professors, graduate student workers, post-doctoral fellows, university staff, contingent faculty, and other kinds of academic workers—formed in July 2021, one year into devastating cuts to higher education brought on by the COVID-19. The coalition clearly outlines its four commitments to achieve change in higher education. COMMITMENT ONE Nationwide Action for Federal Government Intervention. COMMITMENT TWO Nationwide Action to Realign Our Campuses. COMMITMENT THREE Action Steps Toward Commitments One and Two. COMMITMENT FOUR A Unified National Movement. The vision statement is here: https://higheredlaborunited.org/about/vision-platform/