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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 30/09/2026

University of Brighton management has given notice to terminate its recognition agreement with UCU alongside collective agreements covering key terms and conditions. This isn't just about Brighton. What happens here could have implications for branches across the UK.

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Health in Partnership @hiporg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

TOMORROW in SF: Thousands of nurses, patients, + allies mobilizing to say, Surveillance tech has no place in our healthcare systems! Join @nationalnurses.bsky.social to demand all public institutions, universities, pension funds, companies, hospitals, + health care providers divest from Palantir!

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AAUP @aaup.org · 29/09/2026

“We’ve seen time and time again that fascism doesn’t want to use force to achieve its goals. It wants people to be scared and to comply…We want the university to stand up for its principles.” Welcome CMU-AAUP!

the-tartan.org

Professors form advocacy chapter

More than 40 faculty members joined together this August to form an advocacy chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). Co-founded by Dietrich professor Jay Aronson…

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AAUP–Penn @aaup-penn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

What would real projections of open expression on campus look like? While committees and the provost deliberate behind closed doors, here are the 4 basic principles that members of AAUP-Penn and GETUP-UAW want to advance together out in the open: aaup-penn.org/real-protect...

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Real Protections for Open Expression at Penn | AAUP–Penn

These principles are cosponsored by GETUP-UAW. [Note: AAUP-Penn is working to grow our coalition to advocate for real protection of open expression at Penn. This issue affects us all – if you are inte...

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AAUP–Penn @aaup-penn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Is your union bargaining for protections against AI? Want to strategize wall-to-wall against big tech’s takeover of higher ed? Come to Chicago 10/24 for “Against the AI Campus: Building Power in Higher Ed,” co-hosted by HELU @higheredlabor.bsky.social & UICUF. Register: tinyurl.com/HELU-EdTechAI

OCTOBER 23-24, 2026
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-CHICAGO
AGAINST THE AI CAMPUS: BUILDING POWER IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Employers and legislators are pushing EdTech and Artificial Intelligence (Al) through universities and colleges across the U.S. Higher education workers need a comprehensive response that builds our organizing capacity through bargaining and advocacy campaigns that allow us to build power around these critical issues.
We are seeing Al and EdTech being pushed on workers in community colleges, four-year institutions, and research universities, public and private alike. The scope of this concerted attack by tech companies and federal, state, and local governments begs the question: Who is actually benefiting from it?

HELU and our partners in UIC United Faculty AFT Local 6456 are hosting a day-long deep dive into higher education, EdTech, and Al. This workshop is aimed at: understanding and producing contract language that protects workers; strategizing together to create a national organizing model against the technoligarchy; creating legislative frameworks locals can take to their state legislatures and Congress; and deepening workers' understanding of the issue.

hosted by HIGHER ED LABOR UNITED and UICUF

QR code link: https://tinyurl.com/HELU-EdTechAI

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

go go go "Union members are asking for AI protections, higher wages, and smaller class sizes, among other issues." abc7chicago.com/post/city-co...

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City Colleges of Chicago faculty, staff vote to authorize strike

Faculty and staff at City Colleges of Chicago voted to authorize a strike.

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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Union nurses with @nationalnurses.bsky.social say Big Tech and Big Brother are invading our healthcare system, which was already in crisis. And they are leading the fight to kick them out... @therealnews.com

TRNN Thumbail showing Max (left) and union nurses marching with signs that say "Purge Palantir." Text on screen says NURSES LEAD FIGHT AGAINST PALANTIR

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

'Staff at the University of Essex are set to strike next week over cuts to 400 full-time jobs. The union, Unison, said admissions advisors, IT technicians, admin workers and other professional services staff would walk out on Monday over the proposals.'

bbc.co.uk

Essex University staff to strike over plans to cut 400 jobs

Staff will walk out over a plan to cut 400 jobs, which the university says will protect its future

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Shawn Gilmore @gipperfish.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

what we do want? CONTRACT when do we want it? NOW if we don't get it? SHUT IT DOWN tick tock on shut it down time after hundreds of days of bargaining and 30 days working without a contract, tick tock

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

New Gallup polling finds that 71% of Americans approve of labor unions and 56 million Americans would join a union tomrorow if they could. We are witnessing a historic rebirth of worker power. If you want a better life for you and your children, join or support a union.

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Unions are extremely popular: 56 million workers would join a union if they could

New Gallup polling finds that 71% of people in the U.S. approve of unions, continuing the highest period of favorability in over 60 years. This coincides with the greatest number of workers represente...

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AAUP–Penn @aaup-penn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Happy Labor Day and solidarity forever!

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AAUP–Penn @aaup-penn.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Library workers and dining workers at Penn are still at the bargaining table fighting for fair pay. Come out this Thursday at noon to support @afscme590.bsky.social and @afscmedc47.bsky.social Local 54

Union Solidarity Social (Part 2)
Thursday, August 13, 12-1:30 PM
Corner of 34th and Walnut

Penn Libraries and Dining Service workers are STILL in contract negotiations with the University of Pennsylvania.
We're all fighting for REAL raises that keep up with the cost of living, and Penn wants us to agree to less.

Join us for snacks, stickers, solidarity, sign-making, and more... get to know your union siblings and show Penn we're UNION STRONG, and we're not backing down!

RSVP at bit.ly/aug13social

[AFSCME 590 & AFSCME 54 union logos]

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

So many people I encounter, especially in HigherEd, believe the only strategy for this moment is "keep your head down." @debtcollective.bsky.social didn't change priorities in 2024, nor in 2020, nor in 2016. They barreled ahead. There first big win was $800 million. This one is $11 billion.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 04/08/2026

“By embarking on a campaign of censorship, Texas A&M has abdicated its responsibility to support students’ right to learn & faculty’s right to teach. A university that censors Plato & other texts abandons its obligation to truth, free inquiry, & the public trust.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP president 5

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AAUP President Todd Wolfson: An Institution That Censors Plato is Not a Serious Institution of Higher Learning

Censoring Plato is an academic absurdity and a textbook violation of academic freedom. Barring a foundational philosopher who is a cornerstone of Western thought because his work touches on race or ge...

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Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

“The American Association of University Professors is joined in the Texas A&M lawsuit by four faculty plaintiffs, each of whom says the policy prompted their course to be canceled or not offered.” www.chronicle.com/article/what...

chronicle.com

‘What Are We Even Doing Here?': New Lawsuit Challenges Ban on Race and Gender Topics at Texas A&M

Plaintiffs included four faculty members whose courses were canceled or not offered.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 04/08/2026

BOOM. The AAUP is suing Texas A&M University System over their censorship policy that prohibits faculty from discussing topics & viewpoints related to race, sexual orientation, & gender. www.aclutx.org/app/uploads/... 1

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS, LEONARD BRIGHT, VANITA REDDY, LANDON SADLER, and AARON GEORGE,
Plaintiffs,
V.
ROBERT L. ALBRITTON, JAY GRAHAM, DAVID
C. BAGGETT, JOHN W. BELLINGER, JAMES R.
BROOKS, MICHAEL A. HERNANDEZ III,
WILLIAM MAHOMES JR., KELLEY SULLIVAN GEORGIADES, and SAM TORN, in their official capacities as members of the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents,
Defendants.
CIVIL ACTION NO.
COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
COMPLAINT
Plaintiffs American Association of University Professors ("AAUP"), on behalf of
its members in the Texas A&M University System ("Texas A&M"), and individually named member professors Leonard Bright, Vanita Reddy, Landon Sadler, and Aaron George (collectively, "Plaintiffs") challenge Texas A&M System Policy ("System Policy") 08.01's prohibition on teaching "gender and race ideology, or topics related to sexual orientation, and gender identity" in academic coursework (the "Censorship Policy" or the "Policy").
On its face, the Censorship Policy imposes a complete prohibition, in all core-
curriculum courses, on courses "advocat[ing]" particular disfavored views of race or gender, or
any topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity, but the Policy does not impose any corresponding ban on opposing views on these issues.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 31/07/2026

“To demand that the AAUP remain silent about the political attack on academia is ridiculous. To demand that the AAUP should do nothing to fight for academic freedom is wrong.” #academicsky

insidehighered.com

Critics of the AAUP and the Delusions of Neutrality

The AAUP is not and must not be neutral in defense of academic freedom.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 31/07/2026

The Labor Department is poised to issue regulations stripping minimum wage and overtime protections for more than one million home care workers, disproportionately immigrant women who provide vital care to seniors and people with disabilities. Care work is real work. Care workers deserve fair pay.

nytimes.com

Opinion | The Immigration Crackdown and the Plight of the Caregivers (Gift Article)

Readers describe a crisis for caregivers and families. Also: Canceling grants based on politics; no politics in uniform; rediscovering resilience.

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AAUP–Penn @aaup-penn.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

“This victory shows that universities should not capitulate to unjust and unconstitutional demands from the Trump administration,” said Lorena Grundy, vice president of @aaup-penn.bsky.social. “AAUP-Penn will continue to defend the rights of all communities at Penn.” When we fight, we win.

inquirer.com

Trump administration drops its subpoena seeking names of Jewish people at Penn

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission also agreed not to seek the information in the subpoena in alternative ways.

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Jon Schleuss @jschleuss.com · 26/07/2026

NewsGuild-CWA members are winning AI protections all the time. Every week we approve a new contract that protects our work, our salaries and the communities we support. www.axios.com/2026/07/26/u...

axios.com

Unionized workers are bargaining with the bots

Collective bargaining can preserve jobs, pay and worker input as AI spreads.

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AAUP–Penn @aaup-penn.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

inquirer.com

Trump administration drops its subpoena seeking names of Jewish people at Penn

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission also agreed not to seek the information in the subpoena in alternative ways.

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Andy Vaughan @vaughandy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Thank God! Also the fact that not giving the government a list of Jewish people at Penn was something we had to fight for is crazy??? What a world. Huge props to @aaup-penn.bsky.social and the ACLU and associated groups for taking on this fight. www.inquirer.com/education/up...

inquirer.com

Trump administration drops its subpoena seeking names of Jewish people at Penn

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission also agreed not to seek the information in the subpoena in alternative ways.

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Trevor Griffey @trevorgriffey.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Representing 80% of USC faculty, plus grad students and postdocs, is incredible power! USC will never be the same again, even if media are oblivious.

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Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

We (faculty at USC) took on an institutional behemoth with all the money and clout on earth, and we WON. We won our union. We're the biggest private-university faculty union in US history. Trying to make people care about this, challenge level IMPOSSIBLE

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 14/07/2026

“We deserve adequate pay,” says copy editor Julie Kliegman, “That means salary floors that match the cost of living and annual increases that keep up with inflation.” Support us in our fight for a fair contract: propublicaguild.org.

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AAUP–Penn @aaup-penn.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Our great coworkers in @afscme590.bsky.social & @afscmedc47.bsky.social Local 54 are negotiating their contracts and, as usual, Penn is dragging its feet. Join them (and us and other siblings) for a Union Solidarity Social tomorrow at 12 to hear about what they’re fighting for and show your support!

Union Solidarity Social
Wednesday, July 15, 12-1:30 PM
Corner of 34th and Walnut

Penn Libraries and Dining Service workers are in contract negotiations with the University of Pennsylvania. We're all fighting for REAL raises that keep up with the cost of living.

Join us for snacks, stickers, solidarity, and more... get to know your union siblings and show Penn we're UNION STRONG, and we're not backing down!

Scan to RSVP:
[QR code link] bit.ly/july15penn

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UNITE HERE @unitehere.org · 13/07/2026

On Friday, Local 355-Miami stood in solidarity with thousands of Haitian workers in South Florida with TPS at our action at FLL airport. There is no South FL without Haitian workers! Our union will continue the fight until all workers can live in our full dignity. Sí, se puede! Wi, nou kapab! ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I spoke with a nurse who has worked at a Bronx Hospital for 39 years and is now being laid off, along with 11 other nurses, to be replaced by AI. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

theguardian.com

The New York nurses replaced by AI: ‘It should concern every patient who cares about quality of care’

The union for 12 nurses laid off by Montefiore hospital say company broke contract they recently won through a strike

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

So Yale President McInnis has spoken on the Trump negotiations, the most telling line: "my decisions will be guided by what I believe is in the best interests of our university." She sees this as her decision alone, it claims power for herself. view.message.yale.edu?vawpToken=NY...

view.message.yale.edu

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Good morning. Today is the LAST DAY to comment on the proposed OMB rule that will, honestly, destroy science in the US. And it will do FAR MORE THAN THAT. www.theverge.com/science/9576...

theverge.com

The war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it

‘Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.’

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AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

⏰ Meet the July 13 deadline!

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Tim Longman 🏳️‍🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

The Department of Education has now officially submitted proposals to eliminate International Education and Fulbright Hays programs, which have funded thousands of students and scholars to study languages and conduct research abroad. I encourage you to make public comments and contact your reps.

govinfo.gov

GovInfo

Official Publications from the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

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Coalition for Action in Higher Ed @actioninhighered.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Quick reminder about tonight's event with Timothy Kaufman-Osborn & Constance Penley! Hosted in solidarity with @debtcollective.bsky.social Register here: debtcollective-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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AAUP @aaup.org · 09/07/2026

We stand w/ our colleagues in Texas. Colleges & universities must be protected as places where ideas can be explored freely & evidence can be examined & thoroughly debated openly. Without academic freedom, students are denied the education they deserve, & higher education cannot fulfill its mission.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 09/07/2026

When faculty are discouraged & prevented from teaching critical topics & perspectives, students are denied the full education they deserve. They lose opportunities to engage w/complex ideas, hear competing viewpoints, & develop the critical thinking skills that higher education is meant to foster. 4

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AAUP @aaup.org · 09/07/2026

Today, the AAUP & Texas AAUP sued Texas Tech Chancellor Brandon Creighton over directives he gave that mandated the censorship & thought policing of thousands of faculty & students leading to the suppression of academic freedom & the pursuit of knowledge. More Here: www.aaup.org/news/aaup-te... 🧵

Lawsuit cover page:

TEXAS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS-AMERICAN
FEDERATION OF TEACHERS and the
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS,
Plaintiffs,
V.
BRANDON CREIGHTON in his official capacity as Chancellor of the Texas Tech University System, and ARCILIA ACOSTA, CODY CAMPBELL, CLAY CASH, TIM CULP, SHELLEY SWEATT, DOUG MCREAKEN, DON SINCLAIR, DUSTIN WOMBLE, and RACHEL MCLELLAND, in their official capacities as members of the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents,
Defendants.

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Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

⭐️⭐️ PRESS RELEASE: Today, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) + its Texas affiliate, Texas AAUP-AFT, sued Texas Tech University System Chancellor Brandon Creighton and members of the Board of Regents over two system memoranda issued in the past eight months. 1/2

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AAUP, Texas AAUP-AFT file lawsuit against Texas Tech System

Social: Bluesky @texasaaup.bsky.social

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Frankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 07/07/2026

As a Hachette author, major props to the Hachette workers! Power to the people, always and forever

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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 06/07/2026

Contact Yale President Maurie McInnis at president@yale.edu & urge her to defend Yale's legal rights, preserve the university's institutional governance, & communicate transparently with faculty, students, staff, & alumni.

aaupyale.org

AAUP Yale

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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 06/07/2026

At least 15 medical schools around the country have received similar DOJ letters. If Yale reaches a settlement, it could pressure other colleges and universities nationwide to also settle. Settlement by Yale could shape how other universities respond to future political and legal challenges.

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Yale AAUP @aaupyale.org · 06/07/2026

🚨🚨URGENT CALL TO ACTION: Calling ALL Yale Students, Alumni, Faculty, and Staff!!🚨🚨 According to The New York Times, Yale has reportedly entered settlement discussions with the U.S. Department of Justice over allegations involving admissions at the Yale School of Medicine.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 29/06/2026

Todd Wolfson & Randi Weingarten on 3-year degrees: "A bachelor's degree should both prepare students for the workforce & provide deep learning, broad intellectual development, & sustained engagement with faculty & peers—not simply the fastest possible route to the labor market." Full Statement:

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Three-year Bachelor’s Degrees Devalue Student Education, Do Nothing to Address Root Cause of Affordability Crisis

The approval of accelerated three-year bachelor’s degrees at Suffolk and Merrimack Universities in Massachusetts threatens academic integrity.

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Exeter UCU @exeterucu.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Hey Bluesky crowd! You also should be signing our petition opposing the announced redundancies at the University of Exeter. 📢 We're 17k and growing! Redundancies ARE NOT necessary and we must #DefendExeterUni 🩷 c.org/RFqMvrKb6z

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Sign the Petition

Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter

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Exeter UCU @exeterucu.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

We're on Bluesky now! 🦋 Follow us here for updates, we're just getting started. @ucu.org.uk @exetergreens.bsky.social @exeterlabour.bsky.social Here are our six key messages:

'EXETER UCU: OUR SIX KEY MESSAGES

1. EXETER UNI'S FINANCES ARE STRONG. WE'VE LARGE CASH RESERVES (£200M IN 24/25). NEVER HAD A BUDGET DEFICIT. THIS 'CRISIS' IS MANUFACTURED.
2. EXECUTIVE PAY AT EXETER IS OUT OF CONTROL. IF JUST THE 16 HIGHEST-PAID EXECS CAPPED THEIR SALARY AT £120K, WE'D SAVE MORE MONEY THAN ALL THE CUTS TO ARCHAEOLOGY & HISTORY!
3. NO MEANINGFUL CONSULTATION, BUT A CONFUSED MESS: FAULTY AND INSUFFICIENT DATA, NO REAL DISCUSSION, AND AN IMPOSSIBLE, INSULTING AND UNREASONABLE TIMETABLE TO PUSH THIS THROUGH OVER THE SUMMER.
4. AN ALL-STAFF MEETING OF 600 STAFF RESOUNDINGLY VOTED NO CONFIDENCE IN VICE CHANCELLOR LISA ROBERTS (WHOSE PAY IS PUSHING £400K). WE BELIEVE THIS IS THE BIGGEST SINGLE VOTE BY ANY UNI STAFF IN THE HISTORY OF UK HE.
5. REDUNDANCIES ARE A MANAGEMENT CHOICE, NOT A FINANCIAL NECESSITY. THEY EVEN HAVE ALTERNATIVE COSTED PLANS WITH NO CUTS, BUT THINK IT'S EASIER TO GO FOR JOB LOSSES.
6. EXETER IS A FANTASTIC UNI, WITH WORLD CLASS RESEARCH, CREATIVE AND INSPIRING TEACHING, THOUGHTFUL AND IMAGINATIVE COMMUNITY OF STAFF AND STUDENTS. LET'S KEEP IT THAT WAY.'

At the bottom of the poster:
#DefendExeterUni
Instagram handle @uniexeterucu
QR link to sign the petition

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Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union @ruaaup-ptl.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

‼️ 2️⃣ 🕟 Our 2023 contract expires in just 2 days! We are ahead of where we were at the end of the last contract, but it will take all of us to win an even better contract! Get involved today + follow along: rutgersaaup.org/contract-2026-resource-center

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