*News Update* Rutgers University, Rutgers AAUP-AFT union, and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy reached a ‘framework’ agreement to end the strike on April 15. The framework, according to Rutgers, “provides fair and equitable wages, benefits, and work conditions for our faculty as well as our graduate students and part-time lecturers.”

University of California will seek repayment of wages from graduate workers who went on strike in December. A university spokesperson, Ryan King, said the university is legally obligated to be repaid by striking workers. The university “may not legally pay our employees or gift them funds if they did not

Labor strikes, or threats to strike, are trending in popularity as labor unions flex their muscle in the public sector. New York City is the latest battleground, where municipal unions blame Mayor Eric Adams for not negotiating a new contract in good faith. One union, the United Federation of Teachers

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis proposed a paycheck protection bill, which sparked criticism from unions in the Sunshine State. Paycheck protection is one way for states to ensure that workers have the right to opt out of deducting, out of their paycheck, mandatory membership dues and agency fees to unions that

Following the lead of University of California graduate workers, teaching assistants and research assistants at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania went on strike Tuesday morning. The Temple University Graduate Student Association (TUGSA) announced on Twitter, “After bargaining for over a year, Temple still refuses to meet our demands of a