Whether you’re a longstanding University Council - AFT member or a brand new lecturer or librarian, come to meet and organize with your fellow Bay Area Chapter colleagues over pizza and drinks. Tues, Sept 17, 12-1:30pm, Haviland Hall Courtyard. RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Good morning, Philadelphia! 🦅 🔔 We’re joining our union family of Higher Ed Labor United to talk about how #Project2025 would negatively impact our country’s colleges and universities. Follow along in the thread below!

.University Council - AFT calls on University of California Regents to vote NO on salary increases and "market-based salary adjustments" for senior management this Weds. If UC won't provide librarians and The Preuss School UC San Diego teachers market rate salaries, it shouldn't provide them to admin. regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/sept24…

UC loves to give raises to its senior administrators, then cries austerity when it's time to support the instructional and academic workforce with fair salaries and professional development. University Council - AFT

so proud to be a part of this coalition University Council - AFT

.University Council - AFT demands to bargain with University of California over its changes to campus climate policies. We have 4 concerns: exclusion from the policy change process, misrepresentation of our contract, enforcement of time/place/manner restrictions, and masking bans. drive.google.com/file/d/1nEPpCp…

#Labor4HigherEd

Higher Education Labor United is committed to a future where higher ed is treated & funded as a social good & universal right. To make that happen, it will take all of us. I’m proud @AFTUnion is part of this movement. #AFTvotes #RealSolutionsForHigherEd x.com/AFTunion/statu…

Yesterday we came together to outline our "vision for higher education under a potential Harris administration, which includes debt-free college, strong support for collective bargaining at public universities and more federal funding of colleges." insidehighered.com/news/quick-tak…

Wish I'd had this book two decades ago. So we went ahead and made it. Organize Your Library! Developing the Collective Power of Library Workers. Out this spring from ALA Editions | ALA Neal-Schuman alastore.ala.org/oryrlib

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES NEED TO BE FULLY FUNDED AND RESOURCED WITH WELL PAID STAFF & ACADEMIC FREEDOM SO THEY CAN CARRY OUT THEIR MISSION OF LIFTING UP COMMUNITIES AND CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS!

Wondering what's up w/ stories about University of California seeking to obtain military grade weapons? UC isn't unique. What IS unique is that CA state law (AB 481, 2021) requires law enforcement agencies to disclose and seek permission for these purchases. Thank you Black Lives Matter!

Here is a 🧵 those interested in the gory details of the University of California Regents' vote yesterday to provide "market based adjustments" to UC executives, while refusing similar adjustments for its workers. This adds to this morning's reporting by Teresa Watanabe at Los Angeles Times.