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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Nevada faculty are grateful for all the solidarity today. Showing up meant the Regents moved up the agenda item. Our collective advocacy meant the Regents postponed changing collective bargaining policy changes and requesting more faculty input in future process on changes!
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Amy Pason @apason.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
We had solidarity in Vegas, Reno, and in Elko! Labor in all corners of the state came out in solidarity to say "no" to changing the rules for collective bargaining in the middle of faculty contract negotiations! And the Regents backed down and postponed any changes! @higheredlabor.bsky.social
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AFT Academics @aftacademics.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
We're here with the Nevada Faculty Alliance to support the fight to preserve union rights and shared governance for Nevada's higher-ed workers. Solidarity! @nvfa.bsky.social @aft.org @afthighered.bsky.social @aaup.org @thenvindy.com
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Matthew Thomas Miller (He/Him) @mtmiller.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
@aaup.org & @aft.org's Summer Institute was such an inspirational training workshop! Proud to have presented there on "How Your Advocacy Chapter Can Act Like a Union." Want to know how to do that? Get in touch for resources & to get connected w/ an organizer! We gonna #OrganizeFightWin!
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United Academics @local6741.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
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United Academics @local6741.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
It's NO KINGS day and we want to hear from you! ❌ 👑 Share photos, videos, and media coverage from your local events--of clever protest signs, brilliant speakers, good-boy protest dogs, and on-point outfits--using this form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @aft.org @aaup.bsky.social
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AFT members and locals, please share photos, videos, and media coverage from your June 14 No Kings actions!
Use this form to share your photos, videos, and media coverage. Thank you!
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AFT Academics @aftacademics.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Local 6741 is doing amazing work organizing with higher-ed workers across the country, give them a follow! ✨
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United Academics @local6741.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Are you an AAUP chapter member and planning to attend this Saturday's NO KINGS! day of action? Let us know so we can help promote your local event! bit.ly/AFTAAUPNK ❌ 👑 @aaup.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social @aft.org
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United Academics @local6741.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Starting tomorrow, Tuesday, June 10th, at 1pm ET, we're joining our partners at AFT Academics to offer Solidarity Academy—a free virtual organizing boot camp for higher-ed workers who either belong to advocacy chapters, or who are trying to organize new ones. Register now! bit.ly/solidarity_academy
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United Academics @local6741.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
TOMORROW! Join AFT President Randi Weingarten for a special town hall on Tuesday, June 10, at 6pm ET to prepare for No Kings Day on June 14. Together, we’ll get ready to organize, mobilize, and fight back. www.mobilize.us/aft/event/79... @aaup.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social @aft.org
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No Kings Day Town Hall June 10th 6pm ET/3pm PT · AFT
## Click [HERE](https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/4983649/BC47BBD41223FFDE1AE5983CCE86E7EB) to register! In America, we don’t do kings—and that was by design. From the beginning, this country rejected ha...
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AFT Academics @aftacademics.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
AFT and AAUP members are hitting the streets across the US this Saturday, June 14th, for the No Kings National Day of Action! Find your local event at go.aft.org/nokings ❌ 👑 @aft.org @aaup.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social
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AFT @aft.org · 06/06/2025
Read all of the resolutions here www.aft.org/about/resolu...
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Resolutions
The AFT passes resolutions on a wide range of issues that affect members in our different membership constituencies and that address other national and international issues of importance to the union ...
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AFT @aft.org · 06/06/2025
✊AFT Supports Cutting Taxes on Working Class & Raising Taxes on Millionaires ✊Defending and Strengthening Public Schools & a Better Life for All ✊Mobilizing to Defend Democracy, Expand Opportunity, & Build Power ✊Opposition to Detainments, Deportations & Visa Revocations in Higher Education.
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Mobilizing to Defend Democracy, Expand Opportunity, and Build Power
WHEREAS, the AFT, representing 1.8 million educators, school staff, healthcare professionals and public service workers, is united by our commitment to building a better future rooted in opportunity, ...
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AFT Academics @aftacademics.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Find the NO KINGS action happening near you next Satuday, June 14th!
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AFT @aft.org · 28/05/2025
On June 14, we’re coming together to send a clear message: No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. Join us—find a #NoKings event near you: go.aft.org/nokings
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AFT Maryland @aftmaryland.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
ICYMI: Webinar, featuring @aft.org President @rweingarten.bsky.social moderating a discussion with experts and strategists of resistance and people-powered movements and exploring how we turn the tide through education, organized labor, and strategic coalition-building. @sharemylesson.bsky.social
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How to Stop a Backsliding Democracy In Its Tracks (and Engineer a Reverse Course): Lessons Learned and What We Need to Do Next
Democracy is facing unprecedented threats at home and abroad—but history shows that we can fight back. In this compelling panel discussion, AFT President Randi Weingarten leads a vital conversation wi...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
New data finds Americans are more likely to support labor unions over Big Business than at any time in the past 60 years. 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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Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO @dpeaflcio.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Congratulations to the 100 pediatric doctors at Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital in Tacoma who won their union with @aft.org! www.thenewstribune.com/news/busines...
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AAUP @aaup.org · 27/05/2025
"The AAUP calls on Duke University and its board of trustees to immediately halt the separation process & lay off plans until faculty & staff representatives can be fully involved in any decision process that would impact Duke’s mission of providing a superior liberal education to its students."
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Duke Should Involve Faculty in Any Layoff Decisions
When wide-ranging program cuts and terminations of faculty appointment are a possibility, AAUP standards insist that the faculty must be involved in deliberation and decisions at every stage of the pr...
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AAUP @aaup.org · 27/05/2025
Attacks on international students hurt all Americans. International students contributed $43.8 billion and supported 378,175 jobs to the U.S. economy during the 2023-2024 academic year. Full national data from @nafsa-official.bsky.social here: www.nafsa.org/policy-and-a...
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AAUP @aaup.org · 27/05/2025
The Trump administration is unlawfully seeking to destroy higher education in the United States. It now demands that we sacrifice our international students in the process. Universities cannot acquiesce to such extortion.
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AFT @aft.org · 08/05/2025
The AFT and the @thesbpc.bsky.social are calling for federal investigations into potential mismanagement and corruption at the Department of Education and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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Union calls for investigation into 'potential mismanagement and corruption' at Department of Education
The American Federation of Teachers and the Student Borrower Protection Center urge the agencies’ inspectors general to look at whether Trump administration officials tried to sandbag state-level inve...
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AFT Academics @aftacademics.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
This month's higher-ed organizing training is coming up! We'll be discussing how to build positive, powerful connections between your union or organizing campaign and your broader community (including student groups, other unions, local businesses, and more). Register now! forms.gle/E1bKRB4cXBfX...
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WMU-AAUP Chapter @wmuaaup.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
All hands on deck! Come out and join your union colleagues, friends & neighbors! @aaup.bsky.social @aftunion.bsky.social @aftacademics.bsky.social @afscme.bsky.social @wmuhumanities.bsky.social
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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
The faculty vote at Nevada State University was overwhelmingly in favor of collective bargaining. nevadafacultyalliance.org/NewsArchive/...
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 15/04/2025
Musk and the DOGE want to use NLRB data to intimidate workers, whistleblowers, unions and anyone who may want to hold them accountable for their disgusting union-busting. Let's be clear: the labor movement will not back down.
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A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 15/04/2025
Northern Michigan University-AAUP Standing Up! 🔥🔥🔥 "NMU-AAUP/AFT 6761 roundly & unanimously condemns the authoritarian actions undertaken by the current administration that threaten to undermine academic freedom & campus free speech." #UPsolidarity #defendhighered www.myupnow.com/news/nmu-fac...
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Katherine Knott @knottkatherine.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
After tracking visa revocations for a week, the map is up to 976 students. (For reference: we started with 147 students.) More from @amowreader.com www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
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Where Students Have Had Their Visas Revoked
The Trump administration has quietly revoked hundreds of student visas across the country, wreaking havoc on the system.
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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 15/04/2025
Student Visas Update | Inside Higher Ed is tracking international student visa revocations across the country as the Trump administration ratchets up its campus deportation efforts. Follow updates here: #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3RcFKeM
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AFT Academics @aftacademics.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Now more than ever it's urgent for campus workers to connect with our communities to protect ourselves, our students, and our professions. Join us next Thursday, April 17th, for a training about building, maintaining, and mobilizing those connections. Register now! forms.gle/wZZVabjomPFB...
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
A primer on what the widespread tariffs mean to workers, families & retirees. ✅ Economic & financial chaos ✅ Stock markets in free fall ✅ Business confidence at lowest level since '08 financial crisis ✅ Economists warning of likely recession ✅ Higher prices 4 Americans aftvoices.org/keeping-our-...
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Keeping our eye on the ball: Tariffs, tax cuts for billionaires and attacks on education and…
by Randi Weingarten and Damon Silvers
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Penn State AAUP @aaupsu.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
300+ signatures delivered to Rep Glenn Thompson, telling him to #KillTheCuts to research and higher ed. @aaup.bsky.social
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AFT @aft.org · 10/04/2025
Every Republican who said their vote to cut $880 billion in Medicaid funding was about moving the process forward and not cutting Medicaid benefits needs to endorse the Hands Off Medicaid and SNAP Act NOW.
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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
As part of my partnership with the American Federation of Teachers, please find the below summary blog post on the highlights of our recent National town hall with the American Academy of Pediatrics. sharemylesson.com/blog/what-we... @aftunion.bsky.social
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What We Can Still Control: An Urgent Message on the Measles Outbreak
In this urgent blog, Dr. Vin Gupta calls out the dangerous misinformation surrounding the current measles outbreak and shares three critical truths everyone should understand—because while we can’t co...
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Ohio Conference AAUP @ohaaup.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Ohio University faculty have won a union! Congratulations on a hard-fought campaign and well-deserved win! 🙌
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AFT @aft.org · 19/03/2025
We're celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)! What does IDEA mean for students? ✅ Individualized learning plans ✅ Early intervention ✅ Inclusive classrooms ✅ Protections & advocacy ✅ Pathways to independence #IDEA50 #ProtectOurKids
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AFT Academics @aftacademics.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
This training is tomorrow and it's open to any interested higher-ed worker! Register today: forms.gle/9S5kssijjoAc... @afthighered.bsky.social @aaup.bsky.social
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AFT Academics @aftacademics.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Please join us next Thursday, March 20th at 7pm ET to discuss how to plan and pull off job actions that work! Open to all higher-ed workers. Register today: forms.gle/RFq6ikqy6nVa... @aftunion.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social @aaup.bsky.social
Graphic with an inspiring photo of workers with protest signs and fists raised from a Rutgers union strike, along with the following text: AFT ACADEMICS MONTHLY HIGHER-ED ORGANIZING TRAINING SERIES. PLANNING POWERFUL WORKPLACE ACTIONS. Picking your action, choosing targets, turn out plan, logistics, communications, follow up planning. Thursday / March 20 / 7 PM ET / On Zoom / RSVP: aftacademics.org
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AAUP @aaup.org · 11/03/2025
We call for the immediate release of former Columbia University grad student Mahmoud Kahlil, a legal permanent resident of the US. His abduction is an assault not only on basic immigration law but on our 1st Amendment protections of freedom of speech & assembly. www.aaup.org/news/aaup-co...
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AAUP Condemns Trump Administration’s Punitive Weaponization of Federal Grant Funding at Columbia
The Trump administration has taken the unprecedented move of cancelling $400 million in federal contracts and grants to Columbia University in alleged response to “inaction by Columbia’s administratio...
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Morgan Trau @morgantrau.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
NOW: Opponents of SB1, the higher ed. overhaul bill, are rallying in the basement of the Ohio Statehouse. Bill had a hearing today, with 600+ listed opp. testimony. Committee was cut off at 12pm, only hearing from about 15. @ohiocapitaljournal.com my colleague @megankhenry.bsky.social has more.
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UAM-UMD @uam-umd.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Now, help us convince @govwesmoore.bsky.social, @senbillferg.bsky.social, & other key MD legislators that ALL MD Public Higher Ed faculty need collective bargaining rights. Take action here: actionnetwork.org/letters/md-p...
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MD Public Higher Ed Faculty & Librarians Need Collective Bargaining!
United Academics of Maryland (UAM) is fighting to secure collective bargaining rights for all faculty and librarians in Maryland's higher ed institutions. WHAT DOES THE BILL PROVIDE? This bill provi...
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UAM-UMD @uam-umd.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
"When I came here...I found out we didn't have [a union], & that we weren't even allowed to unionize, I was honestly shocked & embarrassed for my home state of Maryland." @govwesmoore.bsky.social & @senbillferg.bsky.social, listen to MD faculty & librarians. We ALL need collective bargaining rights
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UAM-UMD @uam-umd.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
For more on information on this bill, check out this detailed thread on it: bsky.app/profile/uam-...
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UAM-UMD @uam-umd.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
We are fighting for the rights of ALL MD Public Higher Ed Faculty & librarians to collectively bargain! Can you take a sec & write to @senbillferg.bsky.social @govwesmoore.bsky.social & other legislators to ask them to support our bill for ALL faculty & librarians? actionnetwork.org/letters/md-p...
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MD Public Higher Ed Faculty & Librarians Need Collective Bargaining!
United Academics of Maryland (UAM) is fighting to secure collective bargaining rights for all faculty and librarians in Maryland's higher ed institutions. WHAT DOES THE BILL PROVIDE? This bill provi...
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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Unions will go where administrators often fear to tread and we have to work hard to keep the administrators accountable to the principles of academic freedom, shared governance, diversity, and due process. Unions defend these rights when others won’t. Join now! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Academic unions are rallying to defend science
"It's sad we have to do this."
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AFT @aft.org · 24/02/2025
This is a significant decision that puts a firewall between actors whom we believe lack the legitimacy and authority to access Americans’ personal data and are using it inappropriately, without any safeguards. @rweingarten.bsky.social www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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Judge blocks Department of Education, federal personnel office from sharing data with DOGE
A group of unions representing current and former federal workers sued the Trump administration to block the sharing of sensitive personal data with DOGE.
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RutgersAAUP-AFT @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Members at today's day of action on Busch & Newark Campuses and in Philly! Cancer research? Frozen. Alzheimer’s studies? Halted. Medical breakthroughs? Canceled. This isn’t about budgets—it’s about putting corporate profits over public health. #SaveScience #LaborForHigherEd #nationaldayofaction
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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
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Academic Unions Fight Public Health Funding Cuts at NIH
The following interview has been edited for clarity and length.
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Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union @ruaaup-ptl.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
“In an ideal world, I would be fighting to expand support for my science instead of fighting to keep it afloat.” Check out @whyy.org 's coverage of yesterday's actions in Philly and across Newark and New Brunswick Campuses. whyy.org/articles/res...
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Academics in N.J., Philly protest Trump administration cuts to scientific research
Rallies in Center City and at Rutgers University were part of a nationwide day of action to speak out against Trump administration cuts.
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AFT @aft.org · 19/02/2025
Cold? What cold? We’re fired up with our @higheredlabor.bsky.social crew to tell the Trump administration: Stop cuts to the NIH and to important medical research!
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