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This month’s Higher Education newsletter reveals a multitude of perspectives and movements fighting for a better university for all its workers. We begin with a powerful and moving essay by researcher Esther Choi on her personal journey towards understanding the need for a solidarity economy within academia and beyond. We then feature a piece in our series with Bargaining for the Common Good on how a powerful union at Rutgers built a movement from the “new shop floor” of higher education—workers and residents affected by the corporatized university system. Relatedly, four graduate student employees at Boston University describe their growing organizing campaign for both union recognition and transit equity. Finally, an account of the importance of bargaining for the common good within academia to secure workplace protections, from Title IX to affordable housing.
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