Attend the HELU Founding Convention

Local 328, along with higher education locals across the country are formalizing their

relationship through the Higher Education Labor United (HELU) with a founding convention May

17 th through 19 th . The convention, which is a hybrid in-person/virtual event will have delegates

from all the member unions attending to ratify the constitution for the organization and lay out

a path forward to make higher education a public good again and make sure that all academic

workers have good working conditions. For more information on HELU check out this previous

blog post. You can register for the convention here.

The convention is open to the public, so any 328 members can log in to attend the whole event

to observe the ratification, attend the keynote addresses in the evenings, or join one of the

national committees on Sunday.

If you are a member in good standing and interested in getting involved with a national

movement to fight for a better system of higher education and support other unions at

universities across the country then reach out to 328’s official HELU delegates:

 TJ Acena – acena@ohsu.edu

 Evan Bowman - bowmanev@ohsu.edu

There are multiple ways to be involved, from being an official delegate, to helping out with

committees, to attending events to learn from other unionists across the country.

You can sign up to receive emails from HELU here.