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Manhattan Institute Targets Mellon for Funding Left-Leaning Higher Ed Groups
The Mellon Foundation was central in creating the Alliance for Higher Education. One conservative group is targeting Mellon in what the Alliance president called “one privately funded organization pointing fingers at another.”
Second Harvard Union Goes on Strike
Fire Alarm Cuts Colbert, Yo-Yo Ma Talk Short While Harvard Grad Workers Strike
Labor Watch: Harvard Workers Strike Again, CSU Makes Deals
Also in October, Department of Education workers in Chicago filed an OSHA complaint about unsafe working conditions and Tufts University sued its non-tenure-track faculty union to stop the reinstatement of a professor fired for violating the sexual misconduct policy.
Rutgers Unions Win Academic Freedom for All Unit Members
Traditionally limited to full-time faculty, academic freedom protections will now extend to librarians, postdocs and clinicians at Rutgers. But without accompanying job security, adjuncts could still be vulnerable.
AAUP Forges Ahead With Endorsements Despite Some Initial Backlash
The 12 candidates, all Democrats, were already backed by local AAUP chapters before the national office considered them.
Labor Watch: Strikes Begin to Simmer While Contracts Remain Stalled
Harvard University and City Colleges of Chicago unions took steps toward strikes last month as contract negotiations dragged on. Meanwhile, other unions are making their contract fights visible to the rest of campus through rallies and petitions.
