Library workers and dining workers at Penn are still at the bargaining table fighting for fair pay. Come out this Thursday at noon to support @afscme590.bsky.social and @afscmedc47.bsky.social Local 54
![Union Solidarity Social (Part 2)
Thursday, August 13, 12-1:30 PM
Corner of 34th and Walnut
Penn Libraries and Dining Service workers are STILL in contract negotiations with the University of Pennsylvania.
We're all fighting for REAL raises that keep up with the cost of living, and Penn wants us to agree to less.
Join us for snacks, stickers, solidarity, sign-making, and more... get to know your union siblings and show Penn we're UNION STRONG, and we're not backing down!
RSVP at bit.ly/aug13social
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AAUP–Penn
@aaup-penn.bsky.social
University of Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP–Penn)
So many people I encounter, especially in HigherEd, believe the only strategy for this moment is "keep your head down." @debtcollective.bsky.social didn't change priorities in 2024, nor in 2020, nor in 2016. They barreled ahead. There first big win was $800 million. This one is $11 billion.
Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · last wk.Congratulations to everyone who worked their asses off for something that any semi-decent and ultimately self-interested government should have done in penance www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...
“By embarking on a campaign of censorship, Texas A&M has abdicated its responsibility to support students’ right to learn & faculty’s right to teach. A university that censors Plato & other texts abandons its obligation to truth, free inquiry, & the public trust.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP president 5
AAUP President Todd Wolfson: An Institution That Censors Plato is Not a Serious Institution of Higher Learning
Censoring Plato is an academic absurdity and a textbook violation of academic freedom. Barring a foundational philosopher who is a cornerstone of Western thought because his work touches on race or ge...
aaup.org
“The American Association of University Professors is joined in the Texas A&M lawsuit by four faculty plaintiffs, each of whom says the policy prompted their course to be canceled or not offered.” www.chronicle.com/article/what...
‘What Are We Even Doing Here?': New Lawsuit Challenges Ban on Race and Gender Topics at Texas A&M
Plaintiffs included four faculty members whose courses were canceled or not offered.
chronicle.com
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
![AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS, LEONARD BRIGHT, VANITA REDDY, LANDON SADLER, and AARON GEORGE,
Plaintiffs,
V.
ROBERT L. ALBRITTON, JAY GRAHAM, DAVID
C. BAGGETT, JOHN W. BELLINGER, JAMES R.
BROOKS, MICHAEL A. HERNANDEZ III,
WILLIAM MAHOMES JR., KELLEY SULLIVAN GEORGIADES, and SAM TORN, in their official capacities as members of the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents,
Defendants.
CIVIL ACTION NO.
COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
COMPLAINT
Plaintiffs American Association of University Professors ("AAUP"), on behalf of
its members in the Texas A&M University System ("Texas A&M"), and individually named member professors Leonard Bright, Vanita Reddy, Landon Sadler, and Aaron George (collectively, "Plaintiffs") challenge Texas A&M System Policy ("System Policy") 08.01's prohibition on teaching "gender and race ideology, or topics related to sexual orientation, and gender identity" in academic coursework (the "Censorship Policy" or the "Policy").
On its face, the Censorship Policy imposes a complete prohibition, in all core-
curriculum courses, on courses "advocat[ing]" particular disfavored views of race or gender, or
any topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity, but the Policy does not impose any corresponding ban on opposing views on these issues.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jcats4toei4ybf5ibk3njty3/bafkreidml3fbnbiivajg7rverpx3nckfhv3zdron6klbxc7kaffoyslpty)
“To demand that the AAUP remain silent about the political attack on academia is ridiculous. To demand that the AAUP should do nothing to fight for academic freedom is wrong.” #academicsky
Critics of the AAUP and the Delusions of Neutrality
The AAUP is not and must not be neutral in defense of academic freedom.
insidehighered.com
The Labor Department is poised to issue regulations stripping minimum wage and overtime protections for more than one million home care workers, disproportionately immigrant women who provide vital care to seniors and people with disabilities. Care work is real work. Care workers deserve fair pay.
Opinion | The Immigration Crackdown and the Plight of the Caregivers (Gift Article)
Readers describe a crisis for caregivers and families. Also: Canceling grants based on politics; no politics in uniform; rediscovering resilience.
nytimes.com
“This victory shows that universities should not capitulate to unjust and unconstitutional demands from the Trump administration,” said Lorena Grundy, vice president of @aaup-penn.bsky.social. “AAUP-Penn will continue to defend the rights of all communities at Penn.” When we fight, we win.
Trump administration drops its subpoena seeking names of Jewish people at Penn
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission also agreed not to seek the information in the subpoena in alternative ways.
inquirer.com
NewsGuild-CWA members are winning AI protections all the time. Every week we approve a new contract that protects our work, our salaries and the communities we support. www.axios.com/2026/07/26/u...
Unionized workers are bargaining with the bots
Collective bargaining can preserve jobs, pay and worker input as AI spreads.
axios.com
A reminder that UC _faculty_ and Faculty Associations — not the universities themselves nor their administrators — are waging this battle in court, demonstrating great bravery and moral clarity.
White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants
Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COV...
apnews.com
“This victory shows that universities should not capitulate to unjust and unconstitutional demands from the Trump administration,” said Lorena Grundy, vice president of @aaup-penn.bsky.social. “AAUP-Penn will continue to defend the rights of all communities at Penn.” When we fight, we win.
Trump administration drops its subpoena seeking names of Jewish people at Penn
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission also agreed not to seek the information in the subpoena in alternative ways.
inquirer.com
Thank God! Also the fact that not giving the government a list of Jewish people at Penn was something we had to fight for is crazy??? What a world. Huge props to @aaup-penn.bsky.social and the ACLU and associated groups for taking on this fight. www.inquirer.com/education/up...
Trump administration drops its subpoena seeking names of Jewish people at Penn
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission also agreed not to seek the information in the subpoena in alternative ways.
inquirer.com
Representing 80% of USC faculty, plus grad students and postdocs, is incredible power! USC will never be the same again, even if media are oblivious.
Ryan Boyd@ryanboyd.bsky.social · 4w agoWe (faculty at USC) took on an institutional behemoth with all the money and clout on earth, and we WON. We won our union. We're the biggest private-university faculty union in US history. Trying to make people care about this, challenge level IMPOSSIBLE
We (faculty at USC) took on an institutional behemoth with all the money and clout on earth, and we WON. We won our union. We're the biggest private-university faculty union in US history. Trying to make people care about this, challenge level IMPOSSIBLE
“We deserve adequate pay,” says copy editor Julie Kliegman, “That means salary floors that match the cost of living and annual increases that keep up with inflation.” Support us in our fight for a fair contract: propublicaguild.org.
Our great coworkers in @afscme590.bsky.social & @afscmedc47.bsky.social Local 54 are negotiating their contracts and, as usual, Penn is dragging its feet. Join them (and us and other siblings) for a Union Solidarity Social tomorrow at 12 to hear about what they’re fighting for and show your support!
![Union Solidarity Social
Wednesday, July 15, 12-1:30 PM
Corner of 34th and Walnut
Penn Libraries and Dining Service workers are in contract negotiations with the University of Pennsylvania. We're all fighting for REAL raises that keep up with the cost of living.
Join us for snacks, stickers, solidarity, and more... get to know your union siblings and show Penn we're UNION STRONG, and we're not backing down!
Scan to RSVP:
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On Friday, Local 355-Miami stood in solidarity with thousands of Haitian workers in South Florida with TPS at our action at FLL airport. There is no South FL without Haitian workers! Our union will continue the fight until all workers can live in our full dignity. Sí, se puede! Wi, nou kapab! ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
University of Chicago Press Workers Overwhelmingly Vote To Unionize The 134 workers voted to join the nationwide labor movement for a stronger publishing industry. Find out more at tinyurl.com/ymvzhpf8 #Publishing #Books @newsguild.org
University of Chicago Press Workers Overwhelmingly Vote To Unionize - Labor Heritage Foundation
In an update to a story we've previously reported on, the University of Chicago Press Workers Guild has won their union election, with a majority of their 134 members voting to become a unit of the Chicago News Guild, TNG-CWA Local 34071, joining the nationwide labor movement for a st
laborheritage.org
I spoke with a nurse who has worked at a Bronx Hospital for 39 years and is now being laid off, along with 11 other nurses, to be replaced by AI. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The New York nurses replaced by AI: ‘It should concern every patient who cares about quality of care’
The union for 12 nurses laid off by Montefiore hospital say company broke contract they recently won through a strike
theguardian.com
So Yale President McInnis has spoken on the Trump negotiations, the most telling line: "my decisions will be guided by what I believe is in the best interests of our university." She sees this as her decision alone, it claims power for herself. view.message.yale.edu?vawpToken=NY...
view.message.yale.edu
Good morning. Today is the LAST DAY to comment on the proposed OMB rule that will, honestly, destroy science in the US. And it will do FAR MORE THAN THAT. www.theverge.com/science/9576...
The war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it
‘Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.’
theverge.com
The Department of Education has now officially submitted proposals to eliminate International Education and Fulbright Hays programs, which have funded thousands of students and scholars to study languages and conduct research abroad. I encourage you to make public comments and contact your reps.
GovInfo
Official Publications from the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
govinfo.gov
Quick reminder about tonight's event with Timothy Kaufman-Osborn & Constance Penley! Hosted in solidarity with @debtcollective.bsky.social Register here: debtcollective-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
We stand w/ our colleagues in Texas. Colleges & universities must be protected as places where ideas can be explored freely & evidence can be examined & thoroughly debated openly. Without academic freedom, students are denied the education they deserve, & higher education cannot fulfill its mission.
When faculty are discouraged & prevented from teaching critical topics & perspectives, students are denied the full education they deserve. They lose opportunities to engage w/complex ideas, hear competing viewpoints, & develop the critical thinking skills that higher education is meant to foster. 4
Today, the AAUP & Texas AAUP sued Texas Tech Chancellor Brandon Creighton over directives he gave that mandated the censorship & thought policing of thousands of faculty & students leading to the suppression of academic freedom & the pursuit of knowledge. More Here: www.aaup.org/news/aaup-te... 🧵
⭐️⭐️ PRESS RELEASE: Today, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) + its Texas affiliate, Texas AAUP-AFT, sued Texas Tech University System Chancellor Brandon Creighton and members of the Board of Regents over two system memoranda issued in the past eight months. 1/2
AAUP, Texas AAUP-AFT file lawsuit against Texas Tech System
Social: Bluesky @texasaaup.bsky.social
aaup-texas.org
As a Hachette author, major props to the Hachette workers! Power to the people, always and forever
The NewsGuild-CWA@newsguild.org · last mo.🚨BREAKING🚨 More than 600 workers at Hachette Book Group just voted overwhelmingly to unionize, creating the largest union in trade publishing history! newsguild.org/hachette-boo...