VOLKSWAGEN CHATTANOOGA HAS A UNION!!!!!!!! Solidarity forever!

It’s worth reminding those critical of the student protests raging across the US: Gaza no longer has universities. Every single university in Gaza has been bombed into oblivion. Hundreds of academics, scholars, professors, & students have been killed since Oct. 7. #scholasticide

This case has the potential to set a game-changing precedent. Unionism is the last hope for democracy in higher ed. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

ICYMI: Spotlighting excellent WAC/WID work! Be sure to check out: “Tracing Literate Activity across Physics and Chemistry: Toward Embodied Histories of Disciplinary Knowing, Writing, and Becoming" (2022) in Across the Disciplines 1/2

"Most union organizing these days relies on a staff-heavy approach that’s tough to scale up. But the grad worker upsurge offers a sketch of a worker-led model that could help reverse labor’s decline." Important piece from Labor Notes. labornotes.org/2024/05/how-te…

Beautiful tribute to Jane McAlevey by Alex Press jacobin.com/2024/07/jane-m…

For this summer's issue of The Drift I wrote about the psychic and material connections between elite US universities and the colonial violence students have been protesting thedriftmag.com/the-fortress-u…

Distributed organizing is a crucial tool for organizing millions of new workers into unions — and Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) is showing how this can be done My latest article explains EWOC's growth and what it can teach the whole labor movement newlaborforum.cuny.edu/2024/08/30/the…

BREAKING: According to new data from @Highered-cb.bsky.social's 2024 study, nearly 40% of Graduate Student Employees are now unionized. Over 60% of Graduate workers at Private institutions are now unionized. Grad unionized has nearly tripled since 2012.

Be sure to submit a proposal for the 2025 International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference! IWAC 2025 CFP 👉 iwac.colostate.edu Submission portal 👉 proposals.colostate.edu Questions? 👉 [email protected] Proposals are due October 18!

“Mill Town,” my tapestry about the 1934 textile strike in Chattanooga. Photographed by Tori Vintzel at Peerless Woolen Mill in Rossville, GA.

rise and grind…

.MUWU, a wall-to-wall undergrad union, just filed with the NLRB. They would be the first undergrad union in Minnesota! Please donate to MUWU’s solidarity fund if you can: gofundme.com/f/macalester-u…

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if you too want to know the joys of walking around in a circle, talking **** about your biggest opps, a picket line might be the place for you

Excited to share the CFP for Issue 9 of Academic Labor: Research and Artistry! Join the conversation on the future of labor in the academy. 300 word proposals due March 1. Questions? Feel free to reach out! wac.colostate.edu/alra/cfp1/

STATEMENT: GEO strongly condemns the repressive actions taken today by the FBI and police. We urge U-M administrators and AG Dana Nessel to end their campaign of repression and stop putting students in harm’s way. geo3550.org/2025/04/23/fbi…

We are thrilled to announce the #AERA2026 theme "Unforgetting Histories and Imagining Futures: Constructing a New Vision for Education Research"! Read more: aera.net/Events-Meeting…

NEW on the Labor Notes Podcast: The secret to winning a strong contract? You won't find it at the bargaining table! In our "Winning a Strong Contract" workshop series in July, we talk about building power on the shop floor to win. Here's a preview: labornotespodcast.podbean.com/e/how-to-win-a… 1/3