United Academics
@local6741.bsky.social
United Academics Local 6741 is an @aaup.org & @AFT.org local, composed of all non-collectively bargaining AAUP chapter members and at-large members of AAUP. Visit us at https://local6741.org/ & become a member at https://www.aaup.org/membership/join
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Local 6741
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local6741.org
Local 6741 is in the BlueSky house!
We are an @aaup.bsky.social & @aft.org local, composed of all non-collectively bargaining AAUP chapter & at-large members of AAUP.
Follow us for news on & organizing resources for faculty in pre-majority union contexts.
Check out our website too! local6741.org
We are an @aaup.bsky.social & @aft.org local, composed of all non-collectively bargaining AAUP chapter & at-large members of AAUP.
Follow us for news on & organizing resources for faculty in pre-majority union contexts.
Check out our website too! local6741.org
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UAM is out in the community again asking Marylanders to send a strong message to @senbillferg.bsky.social & @mddems.bsky.social that faculty deserve collective bargaining rights now!
Let’s get this done this year!
Let’s get this done this year!
February 8, 2026 at 2:27 PM
UAM is out in the community again asking Marylanders to send a strong message to @senbillferg.bsky.social & @mddems.bsky.social that faculty deserve collective bargaining rights now!
Let’s get this done this year!
Let’s get this done this year!
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We were collecting postcards from Baltimore constituents in Waverly Farmers Market today for @senbillferg.bsky.social & @mddems.bsky.social to show them the incredible amount of community support there is for faculty collective bargaining rights!
It was truly freezing, but support was hot!
It was truly freezing, but support was hot!
February 7, 2026 at 8:53 PM
We were collecting postcards from Baltimore constituents in Waverly Farmers Market today for @senbillferg.bsky.social & @mddems.bsky.social to show them the incredible amount of community support there is for faculty collective bargaining rights!
It was truly freezing, but support was hot!
It was truly freezing, but support was hot!
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Hundreds of faculty from across Maryland submitted testimony for today’s hearing on SB 6, demanding collective bargaining rights for non-tenure track faculty at our public universities. @uam-umd.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Hundreds of faculty from across Maryland submitted testimony for today’s hearing on SB 6, demanding collective bargaining rights for non-tenure track faculty at our public universities. @uam-umd.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social
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For too long, faculty at Maryland's public universities have been left behind when it comes to collective bargaining rights.
Yesterday over a dozen faculty packed Annapolis for the hearing of SB6—a bill that will finally give collective bargaining rights to many faculty at MD’s public universities.
Yesterday over a dozen faculty packed Annapolis for the hearing of SB6—a bill that will finally give collective bargaining rights to many faculty at MD’s public universities.
February 6, 2026 at 2:55 PM
For too long, faculty at Maryland's public universities have been left behind when it comes to collective bargaining rights.
Yesterday over a dozen faculty packed Annapolis for the hearing of SB6—a bill that will finally give collective bargaining rights to many faculty at MD’s public universities.
Yesterday over a dozen faculty packed Annapolis for the hearing of SB6—a bill that will finally give collective bargaining rights to many faculty at MD’s public universities.
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We are in Annapolis fighting w/ our partners @aft.org, @aaup.org, @aftmaryland.bsky.social, & @afthighered.bsky.social for our rights to collectively bargain.
Tell @senbillferg.bsky.social & @mddems.bsky.social, the time is now for equal labor rights for faculty!
actionnetwork.org/letters/coll...
Tell @senbillferg.bsky.social & @mddems.bsky.social, the time is now for equal labor rights for faculty!
actionnetwork.org/letters/coll...
Collective Bargaining Rights for Faculty
For far too long, faculty at Maryland's public universities have been left behind when it comes to collective bargaining rights. Almost every other public and state employee in the state of Maryland h...
actionnetwork.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:58 PM
We are in Annapolis fighting w/ our partners @aft.org, @aaup.org, @aftmaryland.bsky.social, & @afthighered.bsky.social for our rights to collectively bargain.
Tell @senbillferg.bsky.social & @mddems.bsky.social, the time is now for equal labor rights for faculty!
actionnetwork.org/letters/coll...
Tell @senbillferg.bsky.social & @mddems.bsky.social, the time is now for equal labor rights for faculty!
actionnetwork.org/letters/coll...
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We were in Annapolis today with our UAM leaders from around the state of Maryland and @aft.org @aftmaryland.bsky.social @aaup.org to fight for our collective bargaining rights!
February 6, 2026 at 1:30 AM
We were in Annapolis today with our UAM leaders from around the state of Maryland and @aft.org @aftmaryland.bsky.social @aaup.org to fight for our collective bargaining rights!
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The forced compliance of Portland State admin to reinstate 10 wrongfully terminated faculty members—after initially defying a binding arbitration ruling—is a monumental, hard-won victory for academic labor.
@psuaaup.bsky.social
@psuaaup.bsky.social
PSU backs down, agrees to rehire laid-off profs
After union pushback, PSU agrees to reinstate 10 professors laid off in 2024, though it disputes the arbitrator’s authority.
nwlaborpress.org
February 5, 2026 at 6:16 PM
The forced compliance of Portland State admin to reinstate 10 wrongfully terminated faculty members—after initially defying a binding arbitration ruling—is a monumental, hard-won victory for academic labor.
@psuaaup.bsky.social
@psuaaup.bsky.social
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In Annapolis today to fight for faculty collective bargaining rights w/ @aft.org, @aftmaryland.bsky.social, @aaup.org, @afthighered.bsky.social, @local6741.bsky.social!
Join us to tell @senbillferg.bsky.social & @mddems.bsky.social the time is now to pass this!
actionnetwork.org/letters/coll...
Join us to tell @senbillferg.bsky.social & @mddems.bsky.social the time is now to pass this!
actionnetwork.org/letters/coll...
February 5, 2026 at 8:13 PM
In Annapolis today to fight for faculty collective bargaining rights w/ @aft.org, @aftmaryland.bsky.social, @aaup.org, @afthighered.bsky.social, @local6741.bsky.social!
Join us to tell @senbillferg.bsky.social & @mddems.bsky.social the time is now to pass this!
actionnetwork.org/letters/coll...
Join us to tell @senbillferg.bsky.social & @mddems.bsky.social the time is now to pass this!
actionnetwork.org/letters/coll...
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We are in Annapolis today w/ @aft.org @aftmaryland.bsky.social @aaup.org @afthighered.bsky.social to fight for faculty collective bargaining rights!
Tell @senbillferg.bsky.social & @mddems.bsky.social, the time is now for equal labor rights for faculty is now!
actionnetwork.org/letters/coll...
Tell @senbillferg.bsky.social & @mddems.bsky.social, the time is now for equal labor rights for faculty is now!
actionnetwork.org/letters/coll...
Collective Bargaining Rights for Faculty
For far too long, faculty at Maryland's public universities have been left behind when it comes to collective bargaining rights. Almost every other public and state employee in the state of Maryland h...
actionnetwork.org
February 5, 2026 at 7:51 PM
We are in Annapolis today w/ @aft.org @aftmaryland.bsky.social @aaup.org @afthighered.bsky.social to fight for faculty collective bargaining rights!
Tell @senbillferg.bsky.social & @mddems.bsky.social, the time is now for equal labor rights for faculty is now!
actionnetwork.org/letters/coll...
Tell @senbillferg.bsky.social & @mddems.bsky.social, the time is now for equal labor rights for faculty is now!
actionnetwork.org/letters/coll...
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This Friday!
February 4, 2026 at 9:06 PM
This Friday!
Stop what you are doing and sign up for this if you haven’t!
Gotta learn the skills to build power!
Gotta learn the skills to build power!
Today is the deadline to register for AAUP's Spring Core Skills Training.
We have trained hundreds of new organizers to confront the threats of academic freedom on our campuses.
Join our training series to make higher ed a common good for faculty, students, and staff.
We have trained hundreds of new organizers to confront the threats of academic freedom on our campuses.
Join our training series to make higher ed a common good for faculty, students, and staff.
January 30, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Stop what you are doing and sign up for this if you haven’t!
Gotta learn the skills to build power!
Gotta learn the skills to build power!
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Happy to have some moral clarity at the head of my union these days.
Join AAUP. Your dues pay for these legal victories we keep wrapping up and these trainings that have taught a thousand new organizers how to do the work.
Join AAUP. Your dues pay for these legal victories we keep wrapping up and these trainings that have taught a thousand new organizers how to do the work.
"These court victories tell us that … we have a right to say that Charlie Kirk said some disgusting things, and just because we’re faculty members doesn’t mean we don’t have the right to say those things.”
– Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
– Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
Faculty firings over Kirk commentary are unraveling
The fierce First Amendment clash between faculty and their colleges sparked by the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk is starting to tip in the educators’ favor.
www.politico.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Happy to have some moral clarity at the head of my union these days.
Join AAUP. Your dues pay for these legal victories we keep wrapping up and these trainings that have taught a thousand new organizers how to do the work.
Join AAUP. Your dues pay for these legal victories we keep wrapping up and these trainings that have taught a thousand new organizers how to do the work.
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Today is the deadline to register for AAUP's Spring Core Skills Training.
We have trained hundreds of new organizers to confront the threats of academic freedom on our campuses.
Join our training series to make higher ed a common good for faculty, students, and staff.
We have trained hundreds of new organizers to confront the threats of academic freedom on our campuses.
Join our training series to make higher ed a common good for faculty, students, and staff.
Don't miss out: join your fellow AAUP members to learn essential organizing skills that will strengthen your chapter in our Core Skills Training for the spring, a program part of our Organize Every Campus initiative.
Details for registering at link below 👇
Details for registering at link below 👇
Spring Core Skills Training — Organize Every Campus
AAUP will host Core Skills organizing training on Zoom in February. Register by January 20 .
www.organizeeverycampus.org
January 26, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Today is the deadline to register for AAUP's Spring Core Skills Training.
We have trained hundreds of new organizers to confront the threats of academic freedom on our campuses.
Join our training series to make higher ed a common good for faculty, students, and staff.
We have trained hundreds of new organizers to confront the threats of academic freedom on our campuses.
Join our training series to make higher ed a common good for faculty, students, and staff.
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“More than anything that draws students to our campuses — more than winning sports teams & fancy dining halls, state-of-the-art labs & well-stocked libraries — academic freedom is what makes our universities work."
— Belle Boggs, North Carolina AAUP President
@ncaaup.bsky.social
— Belle Boggs, North Carolina AAUP President
@ncaaup.bsky.social
Why Parents and Students Should Care About Academic Freedom
It’s college admissions season, and many high school seniors in my orbit are considering UNC system schools. As a faculty member for 12 years and a North Carolina resident for more than 20, this delig...
www.newsfromthestates.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:52 PM
“More than anything that draws students to our campuses — more than winning sports teams & fancy dining halls, state-of-the-art labs & well-stocked libraries — academic freedom is what makes our universities work."
— Belle Boggs, North Carolina AAUP President
@ncaaup.bsky.social
— Belle Boggs, North Carolina AAUP President
@ncaaup.bsky.social
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“The judges said that the Trump administration cannot freeze federal funding based on unsubstantiated claims of antisemitism. That’s just not allowed.”
—Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
The AAUP is standing up for our students, faculty & communities in the courts, on our campuses and in the streets.
—Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
The AAUP is standing up for our students, faculty & communities in the courts, on our campuses and in the streets.
5 higher ed lawsuits to watch in 2026
The Trump administration is at the center of major unfolding litigation, from efforts to cap overhead research funding to attacks on Harvard University.
www.highereddive.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:29 PM
“The judges said that the Trump administration cannot freeze federal funding based on unsubstantiated claims of antisemitism. That’s just not allowed.”
—Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
The AAUP is standing up for our students, faculty & communities in the courts, on our campuses and in the streets.
—Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
The AAUP is standing up for our students, faculty & communities in the courts, on our campuses and in the streets.
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According to @ncaaup.bsky.social president Belle Boggs, the UNC Board's new academic freedom policy "is a rushed, unnecessary policy that will inhibit research and teaching, especially in disfavored subjects and in interdisciplinary approaches to learning.”
UNC System Board Advances Academic Freedom Policy, Despite Pushback
Lawyers for a faculty group said the policy would “effectively weaken the definition and historical scope of academic freedom.”
www.theassemblync.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:30 PM
According to @ncaaup.bsky.social president Belle Boggs, the UNC Board's new academic freedom policy "is a rushed, unnecessary policy that will inhibit research and teaching, especially in disfavored subjects and in interdisciplinary approaches to learning.”
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Again, the BOG and their enablers want to make this seem as if this travesty has faculty buy-in. But this is a gross perversion of how the UNC Faculty Assembly defined academic freedom.
www.wunc.org/education/20...
www.wunc.org/education/20...
Some NC professors fear new ‘academic freedom’ policy will censor faculty
Some faculty members say the "lengthy and vague" policy is a threat to academic freedom in itself and fear it can be used to retaliate against professors who teach unpopular subjects.
www.wunc.org
January 29, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Again, the BOG and their enablers want to make this seem as if this travesty has faculty buy-in. But this is a gross perversion of how the UNC Faculty Assembly defined academic freedom.
www.wunc.org/education/20...
www.wunc.org/education/20...
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Excellent explanation of why you should care about the effort to undermine independent accreditation, from our colleagues at @higheredlabor.bsky.social
higheredlaborunited.org/2026/01/26/a...
higheredlaborunited.org/2026/01/26/a...
Accreditation as a political tool: AAUP, AFT and other unions build resistance to the Trump politicized accreditation takeover – Higher Education Labor United
higheredlaborunited.org
January 29, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Excellent explanation of why you should care about the effort to undermine independent accreditation, from our colleagues at @higheredlabor.bsky.social
higheredlaborunited.org/2026/01/26/a...
higheredlaborunited.org/2026/01/26/a...
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Mellisa McCoul tellers her story about being fired at Texas A&M for (check his notes) teaching her subject matter...while being recorded by a student/operative...
I would like to think that I'd have as much grace in that situation as Professor McCoul. @aaup.org @texasaaup.bsky.social
I would like to think that I'd have as much grace in that situation as Professor McCoul. @aaup.org @texasaaup.bsky.social
Melissa McCoul was a senior lecturer in the English department at Texas A&M University, where she taught contemporary children’s literature.
She was terminated from her position without due process after a student filmed a complaint about in-class discussions of gender.
Listen to her story.
She was terminated from her position without due process after a student filmed a complaint about in-class discussions of gender.
Listen to her story.
January 29, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Mellisa McCoul tellers her story about being fired at Texas A&M for (check his notes) teaching her subject matter...while being recorded by a student/operative...
I would like to think that I'd have as much grace in that situation as Professor McCoul. @aaup.org @texasaaup.bsky.social
I would like to think that I'd have as much grace in that situation as Professor McCoul. @aaup.org @texasaaup.bsky.social
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This is a huge win for higher ed! Unfortunately, many institutions complied in advance and already folded many of their DEI efforts. This is an example of why it’s so important to resist until there is no other option. Most of the programs that were terminated won’t be resurrected. What a loss.
"After a lawsuit and a defeat in court, however, the Trump administration says it is dropping the matter entirely."
Trump letter banning DEI in schools is dead after legal appeal is dropped
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Trump letter banning DEI in schools is dead after legal appeal is dropped
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Trump letter banning DEI in schools is dead after legal appeal is dropped
The Education Department said it would accept a federal judge’s order killing guidance issued by the Trump administration in February on civil rights law.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:36 PM
This is a huge win for higher ed! Unfortunately, many institutions complied in advance and already folded many of their DEI efforts. This is an example of why it’s so important to resist until there is no other option. Most of the programs that were terminated won’t be resurrected. What a loss.
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“We will not be intimidated into silence.”
—Dr. Leonard Bright, AAUP Texas A&M
This fight is bigger than Texas A&M—it is about whether public universities will serve democracy or fear it.
@tamu-aaup.bsky.social
@texasaft.org
@texasaaup.bsky.social
@movetexas.bsky.social
—Dr. Leonard Bright, AAUP Texas A&M
This fight is bigger than Texas A&M—it is about whether public universities will serve democracy or fear it.
@tamu-aaup.bsky.social
@texasaft.org
@texasaaup.bsky.social
@movetexas.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 11:35 PM
“We will not be intimidated into silence.”
—Dr. Leonard Bright, AAUP Texas A&M
This fight is bigger than Texas A&M—it is about whether public universities will serve democracy or fear it.
@tamu-aaup.bsky.social
@texasaft.org
@texasaaup.bsky.social
@movetexas.bsky.social
—Dr. Leonard Bright, AAUP Texas A&M
This fight is bigger than Texas A&M—it is about whether public universities will serve democracy or fear it.
@tamu-aaup.bsky.social
@texasaft.org
@texasaaup.bsky.social
@movetexas.bsky.social
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“No one can reasonably say that a Philosophy professor shouldn’t get to teach Plato in a philosophy class.”
—Martin Peterson, AAUP Texas A&M
@tamu-aaup.bsky.social
@texasaaup.bsky.social
@texasaft.org
@cwa-tseu.bsky.social
@movetexas.bsky.social
—Martin Peterson, AAUP Texas A&M
@tamu-aaup.bsky.social
@texasaaup.bsky.social
@texasaft.org
@cwa-tseu.bsky.social
@movetexas.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 12:48 AM
“No one can reasonably say that a Philosophy professor shouldn’t get to teach Plato in a philosophy class.”
—Martin Peterson, AAUP Texas A&M
@tamu-aaup.bsky.social
@texasaaup.bsky.social
@texasaft.org
@cwa-tseu.bsky.social
@movetexas.bsky.social
—Martin Peterson, AAUP Texas A&M
@tamu-aaup.bsky.social
@texasaaup.bsky.social
@texasaft.org
@cwa-tseu.bsky.social
@movetexas.bsky.social
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𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐨!
Three of the CUNY Fired Four have been reinstated. We celebrate this victory but will keep fighting until all four PSC members dismissed have been rehired.
Send this 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 to Management today!
--> psc-cuny.org/issues/reins...
Three of the CUNY Fired Four have been reinstated. We celebrate this victory but will keep fighting until all four PSC members dismissed have been rehired.
Send this 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 to Management today!
--> psc-cuny.org/issues/reins...
January 28, 2026 at 10:14 PM
𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐨!
Three of the CUNY Fired Four have been reinstated. We celebrate this victory but will keep fighting until all four PSC members dismissed have been rehired.
Send this 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 to Management today!
--> psc-cuny.org/issues/reins...
Three of the CUNY Fired Four have been reinstated. We celebrate this victory but will keep fighting until all four PSC members dismissed have been rehired.
Send this 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 to Management today!
--> psc-cuny.org/issues/reins...
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This is what being in a union looks like!
Don’t have one?
Start organizing for one!
Don’t have one?
Start organizing for one!
𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐨!
Three of the CUNY Fired Four have been reinstated. We celebrate this victory but will keep fighting until all four PSC members dismissed have been rehired.
Send this 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 to Management today!
--> psc-cuny.org/issues/reins...
Three of the CUNY Fired Four have been reinstated. We celebrate this victory but will keep fighting until all four PSC members dismissed have been rehired.
Send this 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 to Management today!
--> psc-cuny.org/issues/reins...
January 30, 2026 at 1:12 AM
This is what being in a union looks like!
Don’t have one?
Start organizing for one!
Don’t have one?
Start organizing for one!