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Nevada Faculty Alliance

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Founded in 1983, the NevadaFacultyAlliance.org and its chapters represent professional employees within all eight institutions in the Nevada System of Higher Education. NFA is the Nevada affiliate of the @aaup.bsky.social and @aftunion.bsky.social

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AFT @aft.org · 16/03/2026
Don’t miss the #NoKings Kick-off call on March 19th. Hear directly from movement leaders, organizers on the ground, and special guests as we discuss the vision, urgency, & moral imperative behind this national day of nonviolent action. RSVP: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
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Nevada Faculty Alliance - PEBP Update: Some Good News–and Lingering Uncertainty
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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
NFA members join St. Mary’s nurses on the picket line on a snowy and cold day in Reno to demand a fair contract.
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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
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Nevada Faculty Alliance - NFA calls for independent audit of PEBP
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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Nevada is not immune from voter suppression efforts. Be vigilant. nevadacurrent.com/2026/02/13/i...
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If you like chaos with your disenfranchisement, you'll love the US SAVE Act and NV voter ID combo • Nevada Current
There’s a political sleight of hand unfolding in Nevada that should alarm every voter who wants their vote to count. Many folks do not understand that under the SAVE Act language as just passed by the...
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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Faculty are entitled to due process when their jobs could be on the line. nevadafacultyalliance.org/tmcc-nfa-blo...
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Nevada Faculty Alliance - Student Complaint Transparency Matters
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Aaron D. Ford @aarondfordnv.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Trump deleted his racist post. It may be gone. But it’s not forgotten. In this day and age, it is all the more important that we continue to stand up for the humanity, dignity, and respect of everyone. Trump’s actions demonstrate the continued need for effort. I’ll keep fighting.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 05/02/2026
Governor Spanberger’s overhaul of University of Virginia's Board of Visitors reasserts institutional autonomy & directly challenges Trump’s orchestrated DEI crackdown at top-tier universities. This is the way. @ucwva.bsky.social
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Gov. Abigail Spanberger reshapes UVA Board of Visitors after turbulent year
In one of her first official acts as governor, the UVA alumna appointed 10 new members to the BOV.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 03/02/2026
BREAKING: the AAUP and @democracydefendersfund.org filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump admin's “Gold Card” visa program, which unlawfully sells US residency to wealthy individuals while pushing aside scientists, researchers, engineers, and other outstanding professionals. Read more below👇
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AAUP Files Lawsuit Challenging Gold Card Visa Program as a Pay-to-Play Scheme
The AAUP and a group of immigrant researchers and professionals today filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s “Gold Card” visa program, which unlawfully sells US residency to we...
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AAUP @aaup.org · 02/02/2026
“Faculty are now seeing the AAUP as the only place where their issues, their interests and their jobs are being protected against the legislature and the IU administration.” — David McDonald, AAUP Indiana University President @iubaaup.bsky.social
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Why the Indiana University Bloomington’s AAUP chapter’s membership has exploded
IUB holds the country's fourth largest American Association of University Professors chapter.
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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
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Nevada Faculty Alliance - Nevada’s Public Employees’ Health Benefits Are in Crisis
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Ian M Hartshorn @ianmhartshorn.com · 25/01/2026
If pressure builds, they will throw someone over board as the “bad guy” but don’t forget that absolutely no one is resigning from ICE or Border Patrol right now.
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Indivisible Northern Nevada ❌👑 @indivisiblennv.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Alex Pretti, we love you. You are us. We are you. 🩷 Thank you for showing up, we are now showing up for you. You are forever in our hearts, a hero amongst men, and we will fight the good fight in your name. #alexpretti
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Indivisible Northern Nevada ❌👑 @indivisiblennv.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Show up TONIGHT for Alex Pretti in Reno and please share this far and wide. Don’t be quiet and complicit. We need Democrats, Libertarians, Republicans, and non-party Nevadans to show up and say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. F*ck ICE.
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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
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Nevada Faculty Alliance - NFA Reaffirms Solidarity Amid Escalating Immigration Related Harms
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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
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Nevada Faculty Alliance - NFA Raises Concerns Over PEBP Reserves and Large Premium Increases
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Ian M Hartshorn @ianmhartshorn.com · 18/10/2025
Here’s some of my friends from the @nvfa.bsky.social UNR and TMCC chapters. Proud to march with them and represent @aaup.org and @aft.org in Nevada!
Members of the Nevada Faculty Alliance marching for democracy in Reno Nevada carrying a banner and waving signs.
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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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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
The Nevada Faculty Alliance thanks #NSHE Regents who spoke up and demanded that faculty and NFA be brought to the table for an open, transparent process for any policy changes to our collective bargaining process.
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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
The Nevada Faculty Alliance is grateful to all who showed up to give public comment and to highlight how the policy changes for collective bargaining hamper the process, cause confusion, and take away from education! Solidarity wins the day!
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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Thanks to solidarity from @aft.org and @aflcio.org, the #NSHE Board of Regents did NOT change the collective bargaining policy. Faculty negotiating contracts now will continue to do so under the current rules! #WhenWeFightWeWin!
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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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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Tomorrow is the day! We're ready to show up to support #HigherEd collective bargaining for faculty at #NSHE. Join us as we gather before public comment at 9 am at the Board of Regents meeting!
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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Op-ed by Nevada State University faculty on the upcoming proposed changes to collective bargaining at #NSHE @thenvindy.com thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...
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OPINION: Killing collective bargaining in higher ed will hurt students and shatter morale - The Nevada Independent
OPINION: Killing collective bargaining in higher ed will hurt students and shatter morale. Read more from The Nevada Independent.
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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Four #NSHE institutions are in the middle of collective bargaining negotiations. This Friday, the Board of Regents looks to change the policy: thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...
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OPINION: Killing collective bargaining in higher ed will hurt students and shatter morale - The Nevada Independent
OPINION: Killing collective bargaining in higher ed will hurt students and shatter morale. Read more from The Nevada Independent.
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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
NFA has been attempting to get our right to collectively bargain in state law for the past 8 years (#AB191 #NVLeg). Having only an internal #NSHE process means our management makes the rules and can change the rules--even in the middle of contract negotiations.
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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
#CallToAction: Submit public comment and tell #NSHE Board of Regents to oppose changes to Title 4, Chapter 4. Faculty are negotiating new collective bargaining contracts now. Don't change the rules mid-negotiations: nshe.nevada.edu/regents/publ...
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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
The #NSHE Board of Regents opposed having faculty collective bargaining rights in state law with #AB191 at the #NVLeg. Now they want to change their own internal limited bargaining process for faculty: www.nevadafacultyalliance.org/NewsArchive/... Faculty are negotiating NOW. Oppose the changes.
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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Europe is breaking its reliance on American science - Reuters
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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Closing arguments today in @aaup.org AAUP v Rubio. Higher education under attack through ideological deportations. knightcolumbia.org/content/land...
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Landmark Trial Ends, With Court’s Ruling to Come; Record Uncovers New Details on Ideological-Deportation Policy and Its Effects on Academic Life
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Ian M Hartshorn @ianmhartshorn.com · 06/07/2025
Oh, I get to issue my several times a year reminder: Do not boycott a store you usually shop at if folks are trying to unionize/pressure for a contract/make changes UNLESS AND UNTIL THEY ASK YOU TO. Anything else can help management.
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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
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Nevada Faculty Alliance - Legislative Wins for Public Employees in the 83rd Legislative Session
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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
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Nevada Faculty Alliance - Higher Education Legislation of the 83rd Session
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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
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Nevada Faculty Alliance - A Recap of the 83rd Legislative Session by the NFA Government Relations Team
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Amy Pason @apason.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
We've added a verse to Schoolhouse Rock's "I'm just a bill": its all about #fiscalnotes! #NVLeg @nvfa.bsky.social thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...
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OPINION: How bills come to die a fiscal note death before sine die - The Nevada Independent
OPINION: How bills come to die a fiscal note death before sine die. Read more from The Nevada Independent.
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Amy Pason @apason.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
There was an awful lot of vetoes against workers and collective bargaining this session: www.nevadafacultyalliance.org/NewsArchive/... #NVLeg @nvfa.bsky.social
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Nevada Faculty Alliance - The Many Vetoed Collective Bargaining Bills by Governor Lombardo
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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
And Regents did vote to suspend faculty performance pay for FY2026 and FY2027. With no merit steps, no COLAs, the expiration of retention bonuses, and higher employee retirement contributions, faculty pay decreases on July 1, 2025. There is no suspension of inflation in cost of living! #NSHE #NvLeg
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Amy Pason @apason.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social members: Today the Board of Regents will decide to suspend merit pay for the next biennium. Faculty compensation needs to be prioritized in budgets. Make your voice heard!
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Amy Pason @apason.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Benefits of belonging to a #Union? Having folks advocate for you at the state legislature. Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social had us in Carson, in Vegas and on the phone to testify on #HigherEd faculty interests at the #NVLeg
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Amy Pason @apason.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
The Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social made one-on-one meetings with legislators, followed up with one-pagers and handouts on our priorities and key bills--not to mention the quick hallway or elevator discussions. Advocating for #HigherEd faculty at the #NVLeg
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Amy Pason @apason.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
How can you tell a paid lobbyist from an unpaid faculty lobbyist? Faculty will listen to the question you asked in a hearing and then bring you the stats and research to answer it in our one-on-one that day. @nvfa.bsky.social advocacy at the #NVLeg
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Amy Pason @apason.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
#AB188 passed in the Senate! Public employee retirees getting more in their HRAs and able to save. This was a collaboration between our AFSCME, AFSCME retirees, and Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social #NVLeg Almost Sine Die!
Vote tally board from Senate showing 15 Yea and 5 Nay for AB 188
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Amy Pason @apason.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
#NVLeg 83rd Session is done. NFA @nvfa.bsky.social scored some wins this session! Our elected Board of Regents have similar standards to our K-12 Boards of Trustees to complete professional development during their terms! #HigherEd
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Amy Pason @apason.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Can't stop, won't stop representing #NSHE faculty in the #NVLeg. In these last days of the session, NFA @nvfa.bsky.social has been in hearing after hearing supporting our priorities! Whether in Carson, Vegas, or on the phone, we've been testifying!
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Amy Pason @apason.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
The Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social is proud to support #SB156 in #NVLeg. Research and data to help us educate and prevent gun violence is much needed. #UNLV students from all political sides brought this bill.
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Amy Pason @apason.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
#AB188 got bipartisan support in the #NVLeg! Big win for state public employee retiree health care. No more cap on their HRA, studies to improve #PEBP! @nvfa.bsky.social
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Amy Pason @apason.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Not been a great #NVLeg for collective bargaining. #AB191 to give the RIGHT to bargain to #NSHE faculty and graduate assistants can't get a hearing because our bosses say they can't afford lots of lawyers. Our other public employee colleagues can't get their contract because bad budget year.
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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Some progress on some good bills. Safety upgrades and nursing education-good for higher ed, good for our communities!
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Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Good news! Our bill was heard in Ways! Bad news! Even after removing many provisions, it still has a fiscal note from PEBP. We call these 'weaponized fiscal notes' and they are a sneaky barrier to good policy in Carson City. nevadafacultyalliance.org/sys/website Read below to hear the story
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Nevada Faculty Alliance - Authorization required
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Amy Pason @apason.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
The Gods of Carson City have heard our pleas and we have a hearing on #AB188 TODAY (this Tuesday late afternoon!!!) in #NVLeg!
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