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UFCT 1460 Pratt Institute Faculty Union

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This is the official account of the Pratt Institute Faculty Union, which represents c. 1,500 faculty including full-time TT and non-TT, adjuncts with and w/o CCE, and visiting faculty. UFCT 1460 is affiliated with NYSUT, the AFT, and the AFL-CIO​.

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NYC Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO @nyclabor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Local 802, AFM, and the New York City Ballet have reached a successful resolution to negotiations, resulting in a three-year contract for orchestra members that includes meaningful wage increases, healthcare protections, and quality-of-life improvements.
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
2 weeks from today! in the nationwide weekend-long Fall of Freedom festival, anti-authoritarian artists exhibit their creative work and read poetry Chicago: Friday the 2nd, Saturday the 3rd, Sunday the 4th, different aesthetic experiences each day #falloffreedom interccect.com/2026/09/10/a...
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Art in These Times: an InterCcECT exhibition
ART IN THESE TIMES affirms art’s special obligation to refuse authoritarian assaults on free thinking and creative making. Spotlighting works that circumvent familiar gestures of political ar…
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AFT @aft.org · 07/09/2026
Labor Day is a reminder of what working people have won by standing together and what we can accomplish when we have a union and a voice on the job. Today, we celebrate AFT members and working people everywhere who make our communities stronger every day. Happy Labor Day!
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UFCT 1460 Pratt Institute Faculty Union @ufct1460.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Pratt Union members, come to the Senate Town Hall on Tuesday, Sept 8! Wear buttons! We'll have stickers available on site! Let's demonstrate of our strength to management and question their narrative!
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 26/08/2026
When security techn gets it wrong, the consequences can be serious. Officers have reported false AI alerts, nonstop notifications, & remote systems that distract from real incidents, while companies cut staffing & increase workloads. Keeping people safe requires trained officers. #StandForSecurity
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UFCT 1460 Pratt Institute Faculty Union @ufct1460.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Solidarity!!
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UFCT 1460 Pratt Institute Faculty Union @ufct1460.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Welcome back to the new semester at Pratt Institute! We've hired an Organizer to help us build power and we're gearing up for a new contract campaign in 2027!
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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Local plumbers two steps ahead of every university administrator in america 👏
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The AAUP, AFT Connecticut, and the national AFT call on Yale University to reject any negotiated settlement with the Trump administration that would compromise academic freedom, shared governance, due process, or institutional independence. www.aaup.org/news/aaup-af...
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AAUP, AFT, Yale Leaders Urge University to Resist Trump Administration Demands
The AAUP, AFT Connecticut, and the national AFT call on Yale University to reject any negotiated settlement that would compromise academic freedom, shared governance, due process, or institutional ind...
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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
This Day in Labor History: July 7, 1903. Mary “Mother” Jones launched the Children’s Crusade in support of a Philadelphia textile strike and to raise awareness about the need to end child labor. They marched to Theodore Roosevelt's home in New York to demand a meeting. But TR refused!!!
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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
This Day in Labor History: July 6, 1892. In one of the Gilded Age’s most notorious anti-labor acts of violence, 300 Pinkerton detectives, working for Andrew Carnegie’s Homestead Steel, cracked down on thousands of strikers, leading to a gunfight that killed three Pinkertons and seven strikers!!!
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Great thread about the linked article
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Opinion | The Faculty Workload Myth
Politicians think faculty members don’t teach enough. Here’s what the data says.
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 02/07/2026
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a triumph of organizing and fighting for a more just country. The civil rights and labor movements are deeply connected, and 62 years later, America’s unions are committed to continuing the fight to secure and expand civil rights for all.
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AFT @aft.org · 01/07/2026
Big, bad changes are now in effect for student loan borrowers. We partnered with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund to give you the run down on what to expect. Check out aft.org/pslf for our guide that walks through what you need to do right now.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Since 1994, immigrants have paid more in taxes than they receive in benefits every year. Do not believe the lies you hear about immigrants. They are good for society and the economy.
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UAW @uaw.org · 02/07/2026
“'We are deeply committed to our work for the museum, but we need management to understand that what they are offering is unsustainable,' said Anton Sherin, an archivist at the Guggenheim." @uawregion9a.bsky.social 📰 ow.ly/cty050ZjlhP
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Workers at the Guggenheim in New York vote to authorise a strike
The vote comes as museum administrators and members of UAW Local 2110 seek to reach a new collective bargaining agreement that addresses healthcare costs and inflation
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RutgersAAUP-AFT @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
📣 BREAKING (GOOD) NEWS!‼️ The 2024 lawsuit against Rutgers AAUP-AFT, Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union, AAUP-BHSNJ, AFTNJ, and AFT over the 2023 faculty strike was dismissed with prejudice—affirming public sector unions’ rights to free speech & collective action. Press release: loom.ly/xVmkrVA
BREAKING NEWS:
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Filed Against Rutgers Faculty Unions Alleging Damages 
From 2023 Strike
Yesterday marked a meaningful and victorious end to the lawsuit against our three faculty locals (Rutgers AAUP-AFT, Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union, and AAUP-BHSNJ), our state federation (AFTNJ), and national union (AFT), over the 2023 Rutgers faculty strike. The lawsuit, filed in March 2024 by former Rutgers student Jeremy Li, was dismissed with prejudice, with the court upholding the rights of public sector unions and their members to engage in free speech and collective action.
The suit was filed in March 2024 by Rutgers student Jeremy Li and alleged that the unions deprived Rutgers students of a week of education in Spring 2023 as a result of our strike. Our unions filed two motions to dismiss this complaint on the basis of free speech, noting that free speech and conduct “were a matter of public concern.” 
Li is one of many students who have filed such lawsuits in an attempt to curtail the right of collective bargaining units to strike. 
Li’s attorneys, Patrick Hugues and Daniel Suhr, have filed similar lawsuits against teachers’ unions in Massachusetts and Kentucky for financial and emotional damages stemming from strikes there– and they’ve lost each one.“This ruling is a bright spot in a difficult year, affirming the critically important right of public higher education workers to take collective action in order to win stronger and better contracts through collective bargaining,” says Rebecca Givan, president of Rutgers AAUP-AFT.
“Our students' learning conditions can only be as good as the working conditions of the faculty and staff who support their education,” says Heather Pierce, president of the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union.“Our fight is not only for ourselves, but for our students too. This is not only a win for labor rights—it is a win for the future of public higher education.”

“This ruling affirms our longstanding position that we are fighting for all of Rutgers—and we have the right to do so,” says Cathy Monteleone, president of AAUP-BHSNJ.
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
the thing about tenure line professors forming Pennsylvania’s largest public sector union in 50 years is unions are for everybody!! profs are public servants! and we're doing all the big publics! we're doing Urbana we're doing Michigan we're doing California! www.statecollege.com/articles/psu...
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Penn State Faculty Vote in Favor of Unionizing
Penn State faculty have voted to unionize in what was Pennsylvania's largest public sector organizing election in nearly 50 years. Organizers said on
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Judith A. Miller @1789jam.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
“There’s no fiscal basis for it. There’s nothing in this report that indicates those changes have any financial exigency behind them..." @aaup.org #highered @academic-chatter.bsky.social @emoryaaup.bsky.social #skystorians www.aol.com/news/report-...
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Report says IU job, program cuts weren’t required by finances
Since 2015, the university’s unrestricted cash, which it can use for essentially any purpose, has risen from $1.4 billion to nearly $2.3 billion.
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UFCT 1460 Pratt Institute Faculty Union @ufct1460.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
We're holding a Rally!! Join us in solidarity. April 29 at 12:30 on the lawn at Pratt's Brooklyn campus.
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UFCT 1460: The Pratt Faculty Union on Instagram: "We're holding a Rally!! Join us in solidarity. April 29 at 12:30 on the lawn at Pratt's Brooklyn campus. The budget of Pratt Institute changes from...
45 likes, 2 comments - ufct1460 on April 22, 2026: "We're holding a Rally!! Join us in solidarity. April 29 at 12:30 on the lawn at Pratt's Brooklyn campus. The budget of Pratt Institute changes fr...
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Dan "Mr. Bones and Me" Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Contingent faculty at NYU (CFU-UAW) are on strike. Here's what they're fighting for: nyucontractfacultyunion.org/wp-content/u...
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Happening this Tuesday, 3/24 at 7 PM EDT: Join AFT, our labor allies and activists across the country for a planning call to prepare for #NoKings Day, and learn how you can take action in your community! events.zoom.us/ev/AhfntEDd3...
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AFLCIO No Kings Activist Call
No Kings Zoom Meeting
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NYC Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO @nyclabor.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
It’s been almost 2 years since contract faculty at NYU voted for their union, CFU - UAW, by an overwhelming margin. Now, they’re ready to strike. Join the workers on the picket lines this week beginning on Mon, Mar 23. Solidarity forever!
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
"the decline in [academic freedom in] the United States has been more rapid and pronounced, particularly in the last year. It has deteriorated by 50% from 2015 to 2025 and is now evaluated as moderate autonomy by country experts" academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...
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AAUP @aaup.org · 20/03/2026
Demand that the University System of Georgia's Board of Regents revoke the posting of public syllabi and curriculum vitae policy by signing and sharing the petition below. The pursuit of free inquiry by instructors and students in Georgia is at stake. @campusworkers.bsky.social
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Demand the BOR Revoke the Posting of Public Syllabi and Curriculum Vitae Policy
Faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community members: The Georgia Board of Regents passed a policy in May 2025 requiring all institutions within the University System of Georgia (USG) to make avai...
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AAUP @aaup.org · 20/03/2026
Sign the petition to call on the Trump administration to put a 1-year pause on federal student loan debt repayment & collection services. Servicing the loans of 45 million student debtors who are struggling to pay rent, afford groceries, and keep up with the rising cost of living is unjust.
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Tell Trump to pause student loan payments
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PSC-CUNY @psc-cuny.org · 20/03/2026
"Staffing gaps have become increasingly acute as @cuny.edu’s student population rebounds from a dramatic drop after the pandemic, driven by student success programs that are running on lean and overworked staff" -- PSC President James Davis thechiefleader.com/stories/stud...?
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Students, educators and advocates call for increased funding for CUNY - The Chief
Students, faculty and advocates gathered at City Hall on Tuesday to demand the city boost funding and fully staff the City University of New York (CUNY) system. They were joined by Rita Joseph, chair ...
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Big win! A federal court sided with the University of Florida’s United Faculty of Florida chapter and its collective bargaining agreement by protecting the right to arbitration. It's a victory for the freedom to teach and learn that will resonate on campuses nationwide www.aft.org/press-releas...
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Federal Court Sides with Higher Education Union to Protect Faculty Arbitration Rights
GAINESVILLE, Fla.—Today, a federal court ruled in favor of the University of Florida’s United Faculty of Florida chapter and its collective bargaining agreement by protecting the right to arbitration.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 19/03/2026
Tenure safeguards academic freedom, the right to free inquiry, and essential working conditions. Removing these protections will also deprive students of institutional stability and adequate learning conditions. Tenure must be defended during this moment of nationwide democratic backsliding.
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AFT @aft.org · 20/03/2026
For over a decade, the AFT has been fighting for greater transparency and major fixes to the broken student loan system to help student loan borrowers. The AFT will use every tool at our disposal to ensure that happens. www.aft.org/press-releas...
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Linda McMahon’s Illegal Transfer of Student Loans to Treasury Will Raise Costs: Weingarten
WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement after the Department of Education announced it was shifting responsibility for its $1.7 trillion loan portfolio to the Treasury...
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AAUP Alabama @alabamaaaup.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
HB580 came out of nowhere, had a hearing scheduled during spring break when legislators knew faculty would be away, and was moved out of committee with no discussion on Wednesday. That's not okay.
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AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... “I think all of us in academia have an obligation to speak out and protest when our rights are being trampled on. And that’s what’s happening here.”
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Florida professors quietly defy restrictions on race and gender: ‘This is how authoritarianism works’
Sociology faculty are refusing to alter syllabi, even as state targets how race, gender and inequality are taught
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AAUP @aaup.org · 18/03/2026
Check out this new report published today providing the first in-depth, industry-wide examination of how #academicfreedom has been written into collective bargaining agreements across American higher ed. 👀 This report is useful for anyone hoping to collectively bargain meaningful AF protections.
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New Report: Academic Freedom and Collective Bargaining
A new report co-released by the AAUP and the National Center provides the first in-depth, industry-wide examination of how academic freedom has been written into collective bargaining agreements acros...
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AAUP @aaup.org · 18/03/2026
This is what solidarity looks like: contributing to strike funds of fellow unions. #AcademicSky, let's help out Portland Community College higher ed workers on strike. Community solidarity helps keep people strong & safe while fighting for fair working conditions. Donate and share widely!
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PCC STRIKE INSTRUCTIONS - Community Support
Donate Food or Drinks🍕
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PSC-CUNY @psc-cuny.org · 16/03/2026
𝗡𝗼 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 Saturday, March 28, 2 PM The PSC contingent will gather at 62nd St. and Central Park West on the park side and will step off at 2 PM heading south down Broadway. Register now to join us: psc-cuny.org/calendar/no-...
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AAUP @aaup.org · 16/03/2026
“Removing tenure protection does not make universities more accountable to students or taxpayers. It makes faculty more vulnerable to political interference. For anyone who has watched what politically motivated meddling does to institutions, that should not be a selling point.” #AcademicSky
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Anti-tenure bill would hand political win to lame-duck Stitt | Opinion
SB 1782 doesn't solve higher education's problems. It restricts tenure tracks, hands a political win to Gov. Kevin Stitt, who has unfinished business.
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UFCT 1460 Pratt Institute Faculty Union @ufct1460.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
UFCT1460 is now on Bluesky! Our union represents around 1,500 faculty at Pratt Institute in NYC, including full-time TT, full-time non-TT, adjuncts with and without CCE, and visiting faculty.
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a blue button with unions protect workers written on it
Alt: a blue button with "unions protect workers" written on it
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