by Victoria Law | May 6, 2026 | California, Connecticut, FCC, federal prison, federal prisons, Jails, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, News, phone calls, prison, Prisons
Kwaneta Harris is one of the thousands of Americans charged with supporting both her aging parent and her own children. Her mother is in her early 70s. She also has three children; the youngest is finishing high school. Harris is also incarcerated, which means that she relies on phone calls and electronic messages to stay on top of family responsibilities. Each month, she spends over $400 on…
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by Eleanor J. Bader | May 2, 2026 | Adjunct Faculty, Connecticut, education, faculty, Higher Education, Interview, labor, Labor Organizing, Maine, Massachusetts, National Labor Relations Board, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, NLRB, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, shared governance, solidarity, Students, Unions, Vermont
When East Coast members of Higher Education Labor United (HELU) got together in January, they set their sights on developing a national plan to improve working conditions for university and college faculty and staff, enhance learning conditions for students, and build lasting partnerships with local communities to promote the common good. Together, they drafted a document called the Amherst…
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