News & Updates

February 8, 2017

Loyola Graduate Workers Vote to Join SEIU

Hundreds of graduate student assistants who teach, conduct research, and work at Loyola University Chicago (LUC) took a historic step on

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January 31, 2017

Oppose Confirmation of Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education

Dear Senator, On behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the numerous organizations listed below, we urge you to

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January 11, 2017

This was our movement in 2016

My name is Cheryl. A couple weeks ago, my colleagues and I voted to form a union with SEIU after a two-year journey. Our win was the first

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December 15, 2016

NEW SURVEY OF GRADUATE ASSISTANTS SHOWS WIDESPREAD CONCERN WITH PAY, HEALTHCARE AND JOB SECURITY

Download more information and to see what graduate workers are saying about the survey. Widespread problems with pay, healthcare, job

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December 15, 2016

Graduate Worker Survey Shows the Need to Unite for a Brighter Future

Nearly a thousand of graduate workers across the United States participated in a SEIU survey this fall that exposed real concern about

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December 5, 2016

Know Your Rights: International Student Workers

The National Labor Relations Board recently restored the federally protected rights of student employees at private universities to

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November 23, 2016

Hillsborough Community College Adjunct Faculty Overwhelmingly Vote to Join SEIU

In an important victory for faculty across the nation, part-time faculty at Hillsborough Community College (HCC) in Tampa have

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November 17, 2016

My Post Election Dream

I crawled into bed after suffering through the awful election results of Nov. 8. Then, I started seeing visions of programs affecting

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November 15, 2016

Duke University Graduate Workers and University of Hartford Faculty File for Union Election

Thousands of graduate workers at Duke University and non-tenure-track faculty at the University of Hartford (Conn.) filed with the National

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October 24, 2016

Nov 8th: It’s about the issues

You can’t turn on a TV without thinking about November’s election. But beyond the ads, slogans, and soundbites, we need to talk less

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