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United Faculty of Florida-University of Florida chapter is a democratic, member-supported, volunteer-powered voice for higher education faculty at UF and statewide. All UFF statewide chapters are members of FEA/NEA & the AFT. 💥 Union power! 💥

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United Faculty of Florida @unitedfacultyfl.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Dr. Nolan, @uffuf.bsky.social co-president, "said the president should earnestly work to protect shared governance, academic freedom and the university’s ability to function independently." www.alligator.org/article/2026...
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The road ahead for Stuart Bell: Experts, faculty leaders discuss expectations for UF’s 14th president - The Independent Florida Alligator
For now, faculty leaders and higher education experts say Bell’s upcoming time in office may be assessed by how he can rebuild institutional trust among faculty, while also navigating the political la...
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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 25/09/2026
UT Austin Cuts Women’s and Gender Studies Courses From Core Curriculum bit.ly/4z0M3G7
The University of Texas at Austin campus on a cloudy day.
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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
While wages have stagnated for millions of workers over the last 5 years, UCLA Teamsters negotiated a compounded 30.1% raise over the next 5 years. 5-6% per year, not some 2% below inflation slap in the face. That’s the power of collective bargaining. Workers can demand more.
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Vauhini Vara @vauhinivara.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The @aaup.org, under the leadership of @hellobrittparis.bsky.social and others, also has an extensive resource page for professors.
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Artificial Intelligence
The uncritical adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) poses a threat to academic professions through potential work intensification and job losses and through its implications for intellectual prope...
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 24/09/2026
It has never been more clear why baristas need the backing of a union.
Today, Starbucks announced they’re closing about 250 US stores this week. A small number of these are union stores.

We expect to engage in effects bargaining for every impacted union store, as we have done elsewhere, over the conditions of these closures, including transfers so workers can be placed in another Starbucks store based on their preferences.

But let’s be clear - today’s announcement proves once again that ‘Back to Starbucks’ is nothing more than a betrayal of what workers and customers loved about the company.As Starbucks continues to close stores, violate labor law, hike up our healthcare premiums, and betray its core value of belonging to appease right-wing politicians, the company is moving farther away from everything it once was. Starbucks is becoming unrecognizable under CEO Brian Niccol — and that is why labor allies, elected officials, and customers are all joining together to boycott Starbucks until they finalize a fair union contract. Starbucks leadership is failing the company, and trouble is brewing for Starbucks. When just this month, the country’s most pro-business court of appeals called Starbucks a ‘repeat violator’ of labor law, it’s time for everyone to start paying attention.

* source: Starbucks v. NLRB, 24-60650 (5th Cir. 2026)


It has never been more clear why baristas need the backing of a union. We love our jobs, and we know Starbucks doesn’t run without us, so we’re organizing together to demand a better future and a fair contract.
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 25/09/2026
Working people are speaking out against the toxic culture of sexual harassment rampant at fast food resturants. Fast food corporations continue to fail their workers in protecting them from sexual harassment. We won’t be silent until this harassment stops. See the report: seiu.co/4hMgl9x
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UFF-UF @uffuf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The newest issue of the Faculty Voice is live! DM us or stop by our office (Yon Hall 308) to get your copy, and make sure all your coworkers stay in the know too.
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UFF-UF @uffuf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The newest issue of the Faculty Voice is live! DM us or stop by our office (Yon Hall 308) to get your copy, and make sure all your coworkers stay in the know too.
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AAUP-South Carolina @aaup-sc.org · 12/09/2026
The AAUP is paying attention to accreditation, learn why academeblog.org/2026/09/09/p...
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Proposed Federal Accreditation Rule Threatens Shared Governance
BY GRANT MINCY Buried inside the Department of Education’s proposed Accreditation, Innovation, and Modernization (AIM) rule sits a single provision, § 602.23(j), that reads on the surface lik…
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UFF-UF @uffuf.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Texas A&M Administration CANCELS AAUP President Dr. Leonard Bright’s graduate class on ethics in public policy over content state legislators dislike. When policymakers adhere to the myth that teaching about a topic is itself “advocacy,” there is no placating them.
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UFF-UF @uffuf.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Welcome Social Today (Thursday 8/27 4-7), First Magnitude, Gainesville. Where else can you take a crucial, fast step to legally maintain the right of UF faculty to unionize, get a free beverage, AND support a local bookstore?!
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UFF-UF @uffuf.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Join UFF online Mon 8/25 at 5:30pm for an urgent Power Hour to lobby against the state Department of Education and the FL BOG policies to restrict Dreamers & other undocumented students from accessing higher education in Florida. For link & more, see UFF statewide member email sent 8/19.
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UFF-UF @uffuf.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
There’s a LOT of news and a LOT to organize this fall to maintain public faculty unions in FL. Come join/meet UFF-UF colleagues for a welcome-back drink and social 8/27 4-7pm at 1st Mag. In solidarity, UFF-UF
Poster in yellow lettering and a UFF faculty logo repeating the UFF Welcome Back social date, time, and location.
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UFF-UF @uffuf.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
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United Faculty of Florida @unitedfacultyfl.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
🚨The vote is expected to take place TOMORROW. This provision changes the state’s role from reviewing institutional general education decisions to potentially altering them ***directly.*** Contact legislators here: ➡ bit.ly/HB5601E
Even if HB5601E is framed as a procedural change, this creates a new mechanism for state-level curricular intervention. Help defend academic freedom.
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Breaking NEWS!! Federal judge rules DOGE illegally terminated NEH grants last year in a summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs AHA, ACLA, and MLA, and orders the restoration of 1400 terminated grants
Federal Judge Rules to
Restore
National Endowment for the Humanities
Funding In Historic Case
This afternoon, May 7, 2026, US District Judge Colleen McMahon ruled that the mass termination by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) of more than 1,400 grants to support scholars, research institutions, and humanities organizations was "unlawful,
unconstitutional, ultra vires, and without legal effect."
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 05/05/2026
While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible.
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AFT @aft.org · 29/04/2026
#MayDay is rooted in worker solidarity and collective action. This Friday, AFT is encouraging members to take part in a day of civic action to organize for the upcoming midterm elections. Check out our toolkit here ⤵️ docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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UFF-UF @uffuf.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Who’s union?!?? Our union. Welcome new members and thanks to our volunteers and affiliate volunteers! 🥾 Come join us at Cypress and Grove this evening Thursday 4/2 4:30-7 ish!!
Badass UFF UF  membership volunteers out under UF trees.More fabulous UFF membership and affiliate organization volunteers in front of Library West. A terrific gathering of UFF UF union and affiliate member volunteers outside on campus about to knock on doors.
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UFF-UF @uffuf.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Big blitz week! New members, welcome!! www.facebook.com/share/r/1BJh...
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UFF-UF @uffuf.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Mark your calendar, UF faculty members new & old. The chapter election meeting will be held on Friday 10 April at United Church of Gainesville (1624 NW 5th Ave, 4-6 pm. Check your off- campus UFF email for election info and details! 🗳️
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UFF-UF @uffuf.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Big week. Our largest membership drive is in process and next Friday, we will be holding elections. If you have been waiting to join, reach out. Get your concerns addressed and questions answered. Delay diverts resources of colleague volunteers. Help us help you - we are stronger together.
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Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
❤️✊ Dr. Leonard Bright, prof at Texas A&M and president of the campus AAUP chapter, delivers a powerful speech at the No Kings rally yesterday on academic freedom, censorship, and the future of higher education. #FreedomtoLearn #FreedomtoTeach youtu.be/Za5q1PnjYXo?...
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They Tried to Silence Us—It Won’t Happen | No Kings Speech on Academic Freedom at Texas A&M
YouTube video by The Bright Professor
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
When I retired only around 25% of Full Professors in STEM were women. I was proud be one of them, and to support the success of fellow women in STEM through mentoring. This was not an organic process. It took hard work and persistence. And now The Regime is setting us back decades.
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NIH grant terminations affected women scientists more than men, study finds
A new paper shows that women, particularly those early in their careers, have been disproportionately affected by NIH grant terminations.
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UFF-UF @uffuf.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
And now for some excellent news! Yet another example of the power behind UF faculty’s Collective Bargaining Agreement. Share this victory! 🔁 We are stronger together! Join UFF!
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Perry Collins @perrycollins.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Emotional faculty meeting, highlighting legislation that is likely to bring down our union. Because of @superhh.bsky.social and other colleagues, I had the parental leave I needed to spend hours in the NICU every day when my son was born. This supported his health and mine. @uffuf.bsky.social
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UFF-UF @uffuf.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Have you made a phone call to your FL state senator TODAY to oppose SB 1296? If not: take 2 minutes time to 📞 your representative. Republican and Democrat senators are working together to defeat this bill & need to hear loud & clear: stand with public employees. No on 1296!
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UFF-UF @uffuf.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
🚨UFF supporters & Floridians who support state public unions: BAD NEWS. Public union-busting SB 1296 just passed final committee on a 10-8 vote. Dial the pressure UP on a bill that will decertify our unions. Join Tuesday’s power hour @5:30 EST & scroll below. floridaea.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: FEA Power Hour 2026 Legislative Session. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: FEA Power Hour 2026 Legislative Session. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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AAUP Texas A&M-College Station Chapter @tamu-aaup.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
"We’re all bearing witness to the institutionalization of intellectual violence at a university that should be free from aggressive political interference."
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Opinion: Take your feet off our necks
Against my better judgment to not put sensitive information in writing — the greatest, yet-to-be-censored lesson the regents still ought to learn — I’m confessing my feelings: I’m exhausted. The regents have officially graduated from demoting deans, botching a professor hiring and firing lecturers to eliminating our Women’s and Gender Studies program. Care to guess...
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AAUP @aaup.org · 26/02/2026
AAUP members are rejecting the Commission for Public Higher Education accreditation standards, which threatens to introduce unprecedented partisan influence over universities. Check out this thread and graphics explaining what is at stake nationally, especially at southern universities⬇️
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UFF-UF @uffuf.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Important!
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UFF-UF @uffuf.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
🚨 A bill drafted by Freedom Works designed to force union decertification is rapidly advancing. To learn more about SB 1296 and STOP this union-busting bill, click the link below. Members, watch for urgent legislative alerts sent to your UFF email. secure.ngpvan.com/8Rb6HrtN-UCj...
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UFF-UF @uffuf.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Mark your calendars! 💌 LOVE YOUR UNION SOCIAL ♥️ Friday the 13th (2/13) 🕓 4-7 PM 🍺 🎟️ 📍 Cypress & Grove - 1001 NW 4th St No bad luck here - just union love. Come celebrate getting through the recertification election with us and show some love for collective power ✊❤️
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Higher Education Labor United (HELU) @higheredlabor.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
And as always, standing in solidarity with our other union comrades who are deep in negotiations or about to start! @lccea.bsky.social, @uffuf.bsky.social, @uaw4811.bsky.social & more!
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UFF-UF @uffuf.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Solidarity. Truth telling. Leadership. Michael Meranze on Minneapolis lessons for higher education: utotherescue.blogspot.com/2026/01/minn...
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Minneapolis Lessons for Higher Education
By Michael Meranze It is too soon to tell what will be the long term impact of the federal invasion of Minneapolis.  But it is clear that th...
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UFF-UF @uffuf.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
“Rather than fostering a safe, inclusive learning environment, the 287(g) agreement creates fear and distrust. The agreement neither improves law enforcement nor enhances campus safety.” www.alligator.org/article/2026...
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UF’s ICE partnership betrays its own mission - The Independent Florida Alligator
The University Police Department states its mission is "to preserve a safe, secure campus environment where diverse social, cultural and academic values are allowed to develop and prosper." But UF's c...
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UFF-UF @uffuf.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Mail your PERC ballots back to PERC, UF faculty. The deadline is early next week so mail TODAY. Why does this matter & what can we do about it?
Infographic on Public Employee Relations commission requirements that unions without 60% density must go through a timely and costly recertification vote each year or entirely lose their public union and collective bargaining agreements/protections. Return the ballot from
PERC mailed to your home address.
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UFF-UF @uffuf.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
UF faculty! Eligible faculty (those represented by UFF regardless of membership status) were mailed a ballot from FL Public Employees Relations Commission this week. It’s VERY important to open, vote, stamp, sign & return this. Why should you vote YES & 📪 ? ⬇️ www.instagram.com/reel/DTyCRB9...
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United Faculty of Florida - UF on Instagram: "UF faculty, you should have received an important piece of mail from the Florida Public Employees Relations Commission, or PERC. Inside? Your ballot. 🚨 S...
13 likes, 0 comments - uff_uflorida on January 21, 2026: "UF faculty, you should have received an important piece of mail from the Florida Public Employees Relations Commission, or PERC. Inside? Your ...
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UFF-UF @uffuf.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
UF’s Presidential Search Advisory Committee just announced listening sessions & links so campus stakeholders can guide & participate in the search process. Meanwhile the CHE & @GarrettShanley report that Gov. DeSantis already flew to NJ & offered RP George the UF presidency. Whose input counts?
chronicle.com
When Robert P. George Was Offered the U. of Florida Presidency
A new <i>Chronicle</i> investigation of Mori Hosseini, long the most powerful person at the red-state flagship, revealed a key moment in a Republican power struggle.
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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 20/01/2026
NEH Pours Millions Into Conservative-Aligned Projects The Trump-overhauled National Endowment for the Humanities announced $75.1 million in grants. Western civilization, great books and other subjects conservatives support won big. bit.ly/4q7vWSl
A view of the Caryatids of the Erechtheion on the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.
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UFF-UF @uffuf.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
🚨 Action needed, UF faculty! Look for a ballot from Public Employees Relations Commission. DO NOT ignore. Open, vote YES to keep all eligible UF faculty’s in-unit collective bargaining agreement & preserve the faculty union. Add a postage STAMP & mail back. See 👇 for why.
Photo of mailed Ballot mailed to eligible faculty from State of Florida Public Employees Relations Commission marked “Ballot Enclosed / Personal & Confidential.
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UFF-UF @uffuf.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Our impacted chapter members, president, and bargaining team representatives showed UP and spoke out yesterday at our collective bargaining impasse hearing. Thank you! We are stronger together.
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Faculty union battles university over post-tenure review at 6-hour impasse hearing - The Independent Florida Alligator
Over 60 faculty members gathered in the Reitz Union Senate Chamber Jan. 8, where the United Faculty of Florida UF chapter met with UF’s Board of Trustees for a contract negotiation impasse hearing.&nb...
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UFF-UF @uffuf.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
It’s time! 9:30 am Jan 8! Please come to Reitz: faculty need to make a strong showing as UFF argues before a special magistrate. The Thursday am hearing now begins at 9:30 am. Zoom if you cannot be present in the senate chamber. Here is more info (& Zoom info!) addcal.io/e/evt_e2ccrj...
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UFF-UF @uffuf.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
⏰ UF Colleagues! We need your help- Jan 8, 9am, Reitz Faculty Chamber. Support us by packing the room (& Zoom) as UFF-UF faces off w/the UF Board of Trustees in front of a special magistrate on core matters of faculty governance. For more: addcal.io/e/e2ccrjqpr1rf
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UFF-UF Impasse Hearing
Make a commitment to stand with your UFF-UF Bargaining Team at the impasse hearing on Jan 8. This hearing is a vital flashpoint in the contest for shared g...
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Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
“The Center for European Studies, the African Studies Center, the Carolina Asia Center, the Center for Middle East + Islamic Studies, the Institute for the Study of the Americas and the Center for Slavic, Eurasian + East European Studies are all slated to close.” 😥 dailytarheel.com/article/univ...
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UNC cuts all six area studies research centers, effective 2026
As part of the University's plan to make $70 million in budget cuts across the institution, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Operations Nate Knuffman projected that cutting 14 centers and institutes in...
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UFF-UF @uffuf.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Fast as lightning, the UF Board of Trustees pushed through a wide-sweeping “institutional neutrality” policy designed to shape faculty teaching, research, and communications. Read the fine print and send questions and concerns to your UFF-UF chapter.
policy.ufl.edu
Institutional Neutrality – Regulation and Policy Hub
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UFF-UF @uffuf.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
And now, a word from UFF-UF. Original Artwork by Delaney Gibbons.
Cartoon with six panels depicting Ron DeSantis plotting with advisors to win the next election cycle by banning critical thinking.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 22/10/2025
Public universities that sign onto Trump's "Loyalty Oath" will violate the constitutional rights of their students.🤯 AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal breaks down why in this clip from our recent AAUP TV update. @veenadubal.bsky.social #DefendHigherEd
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 23/10/2025
If we start taking money from leaders who want to decide what teachers can say, we’re not gaining support — we’re losing our independence. Education should open minds, not close them. When politics defines “truth”, it’s not just classrooms that suffer— it’s our future. seiu.co/47yziYh
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University of Arizona declines to sign onto Trump administration 'compact'
The University of Arizona on Monday cited academic freedom as it became the seventh elite institution to decline a Trump administration proposal offering nine schools preferential consideration for federal funding in exchange for agreeing to a set of po...
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Defending public education is about defending democracy. Classrooms are where our kids learn critical thinking and collaboration—essential tools to being engaged citizens. My full conversation about "Why Fascists Fear Teachers" with @nadinesmith.bsky.social below. www.wmnf.org/wide-awake-a...
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Wide Awake America - Why Fascists Fear Teachers
Wide Awake America delves into why America's classrooms are the fiercest battleground in our democracy and more.
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