United Academics

"The AAUP is not going to stand by & watch President Trump once again attempt to destroy the greatest system of higher education in the world that gives opportunity to a diverse set of students for a diverse country. Yes, emphatically, yes. We are going to fight this." – Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

“Based on my professional judgment & disciplinary expertise, issues of race, gender, & sexuality are not peripheral but integral to the study of administrative ethics & public service.” — Dr. Leonard Bright @drleonardbright.bsky.social @texasaaup.bsky.social @tamu-aaup.bsky.social @texasaft.org

Happy Labor Day!

This Labor Day, remember: workers weren’t given the rights we enjoy today out of the kindness of businesses or institutions. Workers organized. Unions fought. People marched, sacrificed—and bled—to win them. Honor their struggle. Protect their gains. Keep fighting. ✊ #LaborDay #UnionStrong #AAUP

Prediction: We are going to end right to work and grow our unions in NC, across the South, and across the country. This is our time! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Remember that we can always find power, solidarity, and hope in the labor movement. [Artwork by Ricardo Levins Morales]

If you're an advocacy chapter like us (along with our friends in @local6741.bsky.social!) One of the best things you can do for your members is stand in solidarity with unions on strike, in contract negotiations, etc. You'll learn a lot, and when your time comes, you'll get that solidarity back 10x!

Some of our @local6741.bsky.social brothers and sisters are probably tired of being told that "advocacy chapters" can't do much for their members. We say, knowledge is power! And until we bargain, we'll keep acting like a union and fighting for members!

Woot woot! Welcome CMU AAUP!

CMU friends and colleagues: we now have an @aaup.org advocacy chapter on campus. Reach out to me if you want to join or just learn more. We are stronger together! triblive.com/news/educati...

Join @aaup.org and @aft.org in Dropping ICE, shopping local & union, and skipping buying anything at Target until they take a stand against ICE!

The AAUP & AFT condemn the recent directive from the War Dept that publicly places 30 universities under suspicion & gives them 2 weeks to investigate years of academic activity. The directive represents another threat of funding-based coercion that undermines scientific research & innovation.

Rest in Power, Dolly Parton. Did you know the below labor union - Dolly Parton connection?

"The Republicans have been hell-bent on destroying what is the greatest higher education system in the world, bar none." trib.al/zIlS5Zl

Looking forward to catching up with @proftwolf.bsky.social of the @aaup.org and @aft.org to discuss their recent actions to restore science funding, protect academic freedom, and endorse political candidates willing to push back against authoritarian attacks on higher ed. Join us tomorrow, noon CDT.

If you are wondering how bar-shit crazy Texas is these days: the University of Houston removed almost half of its courses to comply with state censorship laws.

Hey Emory faculty! The AAUP is fighting for academic freedom, financial support for the academic enterprise, and the freedom for our colleagues and students to work, study, and live without government harassment. Join now to support these and to protect your own career! www.aaup.org/membership/m...

Thanks again to @proftwolf.bsky.social for taking the time to talk about all the important work @aaup.org and @aft.org are doing in their fight for academic freedom in Texas and elsewhere and to strengthen and transform U.S. higher education as a whole. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrO3...

Amen! J.O.I.N (or start!) Y.O.U.R U.N.I.O.N! Are you a campus worker? Join @aaup.org today: www.aaup.org/join And get organizing with us.

Join us in NOT shopping at Target! More here: www.shopsmart.aft.org

Target has failed to protect its community in Minneapolis from ICE’s trampling of basic rights & undermining public safety. With the AFT, we urge you to shop locally & shop at union-strong stores. Show Target what community really means. Shop smart, not Target. www.shopsmart.aft.org

#Solidarity with our labor siblings @sbworkersunited.org!

🚨BREAKING: Our union of over 12,000 baristas are officially calling for a Starbucks boycott. Read this statement penned by Starbucks workers on why a boycott from ALL customers, allies, and organizations is necessary to fight back against corporate greed:

Faculty deserve an administration that bargains seriously, respects their union, and invests in the people who make Ohio University work. Share to show your support for United Academics of Ohio University as they fight for a stronger OU for all!

“Academic workers did not create this crisis. But we intend to fix it by building a system of higher education worthy of this country—affordable & accessible to every qualified student, governed once again by those who teach & learn within it.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP president #academicsky

"Higher education is not a luxury...It expands opportunity. It advances scientific discovery. It educates the people who build our economy. It prepares citizens to govern themselves. And it creates knowledge that no market can produce on its own." - @proftwolf.bsky.social @aaup.org

@aaup.org and AFT Higher Ed oppose Trump’s Compact 2.0!

A giant of the labor/union studies world is retiring. Don’t know her work? Spend some time reading it. You won’t approach organizing the same again. Great piece by @alexnpress.bsky.social of @jacobinmag.bsky.social jacobin.com/2026/08/bron...

Just followed @local6741.bsky.social as part of their campaign to to build out a national amplification network for AAUP advocacy chapter and at-large members.

"Professors didn’t choose the battlefield, but we’re no longer willing to pretend we aren’t standing on one." — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

The sneaky extortion of McMahon's Compact 2.0. @aaup.org academeblog.org/2026/08/04/a...

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The Trump Administration has declared a war on our universities and science. It will hurt our economy and competitiveness for years to come.

“My lawyers keep giving me these refreshers, these ‘know your rights’ trainings,” Khalil told me. “I ask—they hate it when I say this, but I can’t help myself—‘What if I know my rights, and the government knows my rights, but they just don’t care?”

Incredible group of essays! Do take a look. Including one by our EC member, @ajdouglas.bsky.social!

1/ here to blurb all 13 essays from @bulaw.bsky.social “The University & Democracy” special issue. Incisive, sharp, provocative analysis abt why universities keep cowering & colluding w segregationists & authoritarians. @aaup.org #CLC #SNDHE long 🧵w highlights from each. www.bu.edu/bulawreview/...

Brilliant symposium on the university in crisis. Very generative set of resources for those of us, perhaps especially in pre-contract campus unions (🚨 @local6741.bsky.social 🚨), working to resist and build.

Yep, yep, yep! inthesetimes.com/article/affo... Tripling union membership would raise wages, reduce inequality and strengthen communities. Policymakers should take note. If you are a campus worker in a higher ed space, we got a union for you! Join @aaup.org and get organizing with us!

While this is a HUGE WIN, there's more work to do. It's time to DOUBLE DOWN in pressuring Congress. They need to revoke the OMB Proposal. Members of Congress who fail to stop the Proposal will be out of a job January 3rd, 2027, we will make sure of it. 🧵

Anticipatory obedience will 👏 not👏work👏. Extremists attacking higher education in Texas will not be pacified. ⬇️⬇️ www.texasobserver.org/university-o...

As @aaup.org members, we are proud to have endorsed and supported you, @abdulelsayed.bsky.social! Now, let’s get this done in November together!

Congratulations! Our members in Michigan backed Abdul El-Sayed : he wants money out of politics, he supports public schools and higher ed, and he knows that healthcare is a right. Now let's do the work and send him to the US Senate. bsky.app/profile/abdu...

Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.

In a new Between the Lines (@btlradionews.bsky.social) interview, former Yale professor Jason Stanley warns that yielding to Trump's demands would politicize universities—and praises AAUP Yale for standing up "to really save Yale." Listen to the full interview at: bit.ly/BTL_StanleyInterview.

“A lot of things in the new compact are red herrings for conservative priorities. Reform needs to happen through the channels of faculty governance...We’re disappointed in the lack of transparency in President Daniels involvement." – Ahmed Ragab, Hopkins AAUP chapter vice-president

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

Red States: We're cutting the humanities at our public universities to spend more money on right-wing indoctrination Blue States: We're cutting the same programs, but to spend more money on AI and the business school.

You want to read more about the resolutions passed by our national local @local6741.bsky.social ? It's in this month's UNR-NFA email newsletter!