Rebecca Givan
@rkgwork.bsky.social
Work. Labor. Unions. Healthcare.
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Proud to announce that @sanders.senate.gov is endorsing our campaign for Congress!
I worked with Bernie in 2020 for the same reasons I'm running now: to un-rig the economy and make it work for working people, not billionaires and corporations.
A better world is possible. Let's win this.
I worked with Bernie in 2020 for the same reasons I'm running now: to un-rig the economy and make it work for working people, not billionaires and corporations.
A better world is possible. Let's win this.
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Proud to announce that @sanders.senate.gov is endorsing our campaign for Congress!
I worked with Bernie in 2020 for the same reasons I'm running now: to un-rig the economy and make it work for working people, not billionaires and corporations.
A better world is possible. Let's win this.
I worked with Bernie in 2020 for the same reasons I'm running now: to un-rig the economy and make it work for working people, not billionaires and corporations.
A better world is possible. Let's win this.
"A White House official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity...argued that wealthy people had long shaped American institutions for the better and that Mr. Rowan’s role in the policymaking process was a natural extension of that."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Wealthy People Have Always Shaped Universities. This Time Is Different.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
"A White House official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity...argued that wealthy people had long shaped American institutions for the better and that Mr. Rowan’s role in the policymaking process was a natural extension of that."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
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This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
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Great piece on the @crimsoncourage.bsky.social and #Standup4Yale tailgate yesterday.
Pabst, Pamphlets and a Petition: A Harvard-Yale Tailgate in the Trump Era www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Pabst, Pamphlets and a Petition: A Harvard-Yale Tailgate in the Trump Era www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Pabst, Pamphlets and a Petition: A Harvard-Yale Tailgate in the Trump Era
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Great piece on the @crimsoncourage.bsky.social and #Standup4Yale tailgate yesterday.
Pabst, Pamphlets and a Petition: A Harvard-Yale Tailgate in the Trump Era www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Pabst, Pamphlets and a Petition: A Harvard-Yale Tailgate in the Trump Era www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
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"Given that the Big Ten is about to create 'a for-profit company using what are essentially public dollars,' [a Penn State trustee] argued, boards need to know more in order to be able to advise their institutions accordingly."
www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
Secretive Big Ten Deal Riles Trustees
The Big Ten is weighing a $2.4 billion private equity deal. But multiple trustees at member institutions say they aren’t getting enough information and the proposal has been rushed.
www.insidehighered.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
"Given that the Big Ten is about to create 'a for-profit company using what are essentially public dollars,' [a Penn State trustee] argued, boards need to know more in order to be able to advise their institutions accordingly."
www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
"Never before has a government shutdown lasted long enough to unsalvageably ruin parts of the employment report, and this will be the first time in the survey’s 77-year history that the Labor Department will not publish an unemployment rate."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/b...
After Shutdown, Labor Dept. Says Some Data Is Gone for Good
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
"Never before has a government shutdown lasted long enough to unsalvageably ruin parts of the employment report, and this will be the first time in the survey’s 77-year history that the Labor Department will not publish an unemployment rate."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/b...
"The fight over Intro to Sociology is not just about this course. It is a struggle to preserve the independence of our public education system and more broadly, the freedom of thought."
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/09/c...
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/09/c...
Commentary: Florida’s education commissioner just fired free thought
Anastasios Kamoutsas’ removal of a sociology professor from a statewide committee is only the latest government attempt to limit the scope of education.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
"The fight over Intro to Sociology is not just about this course. It is a struggle to preserve the independence of our public education system and more broadly, the freedom of thought."
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/09/c...
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/09/c...
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Breaking news: The discharge petition for @golden.house.gov's bipartisan Protect America’s Workforce Act has reached majority support with 218 signatures.
This bill to restore federal workers’ union rights must be brought to a vote in Congress NOW. https://bit.ly/3M6zJAF
This bill to restore federal workers’ union rights must be brought to a vote in Congress NOW. https://bit.ly/3M6zJAF
November 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Breaking news: The discharge petition for @golden.house.gov's bipartisan Protect America’s Workforce Act has reached majority support with 218 signatures.
This bill to restore federal workers’ union rights must be brought to a vote in Congress NOW. https://bit.ly/3M6zJAF
This bill to restore federal workers’ union rights must be brought to a vote in Congress NOW. https://bit.ly/3M6zJAF
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🧵 Robyn has deep roots in our union family — from her years as an SEIU member while teaching college courses to her current work organizing with Doctors Council–SEIU. She’s spent her career bringing people together across race and background to fight for what every family deserves. (1/4) #mnleg
November 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
🧵 Robyn has deep roots in our union family — from her years as an SEIU member while teaching college courses to her current work organizing with Doctors Council–SEIU. She’s spent her career bringing people together across race and background to fight for what every family deserves. (1/4) #mnleg
“This represents saving higher education, saving public research and the standing up of faculty and staff and students.” - @aaup-penn.bsky.social General Counsel @veenadubal.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Judge Orders Trump Not to Threaten University of California’s Funding
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
“This represents saving higher education, saving public research and the standing up of faculty and staff and students.” - @aaup-penn.bsky.social General Counsel @veenadubal.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
"Ms. Sherrill won Union City by 69 percentage points, just a year after Ms. Harris had carried it by only 17 points. And Ms. Sherrill won Perth Amboy by 56 points, a year after Ms. Harris had beaten Mr. Trump by less than nine points there."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
Maps Show How Latinos Who Shifted Right in 2024 Snapped Back Left in 2025
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"Ms. Sherrill won Union City by 69 percentage points, just a year after Ms. Harris had carried it by only 17 points. And Ms. Sherrill won Perth Amboy by 56 points, a year after Ms. Harris had beaten Mr. Trump by less than nine points there."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
Glad to know it was an accident
November 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Glad to know it was an accident
"Defendants are ENJOINED and/or STAYED from conditioning the grant or continuance of federal funding on the UC’s agreement to any measures that would violate the rights of Plaintiffs’ members under the First Amendment."
WE WON!!!
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
democracyforward.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
"Defendants are ENJOINED and/or STAYED from conditioning the grant or continuance of federal funding on the UC’s agreement to any measures that would violate the rights of Plaintiffs’ members under the First Amendment."
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we fucking won y’all
not UC - workers and their unions and students standing together
so grateful for time our brilliant colleagues like Veena put into this and for the solidarity of my @ucaft.bsky.social and @uclafa.bsky.social
not UC - workers and their unions and students standing together
so grateful for time our brilliant colleagues like Veena put into this and for the solidarity of my @ucaft.bsky.social and @uclafa.bsky.social
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:29 AM
we fucking won y’all
not UC - workers and their unions and students standing together
so grateful for time our brilliant colleagues like Veena put into this and for the solidarity of my @ucaft.bsky.social and @uclafa.bsky.social
not UC - workers and their unions and students standing together
so grateful for time our brilliant colleagues like Veena put into this and for the solidarity of my @ucaft.bsky.social and @uclafa.bsky.social
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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📢 Hope our colleagues across the country recognize—just as with Texas’s ban on DEI in higher education—this will NOT remain in Texas. What is happening here is a blueprint for the rest of the country.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 14, 2025 at 12:39 AM
📢 Hope our colleagues across the country recognize—just as with Texas’s ban on DEI in higher education—this will NOT remain in Texas. What is happening here is a blueprint for the rest of the country.
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Congrats to member graduate worker Allegra Kuney for her 4th straight win! @rutgerscomminfo.bsky.social
Allegra Kuney, to win:
5 games: 56.604%
6: 32.040%
7: 18.136%
8: 10.266%
9: 5.811%
Avg. streak: 5.304 games.
Methodology: thejeopardyfan.com/2025/02/pred...
#Jeopardy
5 games: 56.604%
6: 32.040%
7: 18.136%
8: 10.266%
9: 5.811%
Avg. streak: 5.304 games.
Methodology: thejeopardyfan.com/2025/02/pred...
#Jeopardy
Predicting Jeopardy! In 2025: The Unified Prediction Model
How does one predict who will win a game of Jeopardy? Andy Saunders, publisher of thejeopardyfan.com, introduces his Unified Prediction Model.
thejeopardyfan.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Congrats to member graduate worker Allegra Kuney for her 4th straight win! @rutgerscomminfo.bsky.social
Big Jeopardy run by an @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social member!
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November 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Big Jeopardy run by an @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social member!
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I can’t support this bill. It doesn’t meet the urgency of the moment and deliver actual relief that can pass both chambers of Congress.
I’ve been clear that we need real action to stop the devastating health care cost increases that are hurting millions of families. 1/2
I’ve been clear that we need real action to stop the devastating health care cost increases that are hurting millions of families. 1/2
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I can’t support this bill. It doesn’t meet the urgency of the moment and deliver actual relief that can pass both chambers of Congress.
I’ve been clear that we need real action to stop the devastating health care cost increases that are hurting millions of families. 1/2
I’ve been clear that we need real action to stop the devastating health care cost increases that are hurting millions of families. 1/2
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🎷Get up and get down for higher ed 🎷
Our coalition rejects the compact!
We believe that higher education should be free from partisan interference and billionaire influence including that of Marc Rowan, who spearheaded Trump’s dangerous loyalty oath compact!
@aft.org
Our coalition rejects the compact!
We believe that higher education should be free from partisan interference and billionaire influence including that of Marc Rowan, who spearheaded Trump’s dangerous loyalty oath compact!
@aft.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
🎷Get up and get down for higher ed 🎷
Our coalition rejects the compact!
We believe that higher education should be free from partisan interference and billionaire influence including that of Marc Rowan, who spearheaded Trump’s dangerous loyalty oath compact!
@aft.org
Our coalition rejects the compact!
We believe that higher education should be free from partisan interference and billionaire influence including that of Marc Rowan, who spearheaded Trump’s dangerous loyalty oath compact!
@aft.org
Cornell will be sharing admissions data including Cornell college, race, GPA and test scores.
November 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Cornell will be sharing admissions data including Cornell college, race, GPA and test scores.
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BREAKING: Cornell caved.
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
November 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
BREAKING: Cornell caved.
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
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The list of potential signers of the proposed higher education compact now includes:
New College of Florida, a public spending $100k per student
Grand Canyon University, which fought the feds about shedding for-profit status
Valley Forge Military College, which has less than 100 students
New College of Florida, a public spending $100k per student
Grand Canyon University, which fought the feds about shedding for-profit status
Valley Forge Military College, which has less than 100 students
Valley Forge Military College Wants to Sign Compact
While seven of the nine universities originally invited to join the Trump administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” have formally rejected the agreement, Valley Forge Mili...
www.insidehighered.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The list of potential signers of the proposed higher education compact now includes:
New College of Florida, a public spending $100k per student
Grand Canyon University, which fought the feds about shedding for-profit status
Valley Forge Military College, which has less than 100 students
New College of Florida, a public spending $100k per student
Grand Canyon University, which fought the feds about shedding for-profit status
Valley Forge Military College, which has less than 100 students
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🧵 Solidarity House had some very special guests last week!
Former Ford workers, Jim and Cheryl Bassett, purchased a vintage Ford station wagon from UAW Local 174 around 10 years ago. It was a bit worn and dusty from being stored for decades, but it appeared to be something special.
Former Ford workers, Jim and Cheryl Bassett, purchased a vintage Ford station wagon from UAW Local 174 around 10 years ago. It was a bit worn and dusty from being stored for decades, but it appeared to be something special.
October 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🧵 Solidarity House had some very special guests last week!
Former Ford workers, Jim and Cheryl Bassett, purchased a vintage Ford station wagon from UAW Local 174 around 10 years ago. It was a bit worn and dusty from being stored for decades, but it appeared to be something special.
Former Ford workers, Jim and Cheryl Bassett, purchased a vintage Ford station wagon from UAW Local 174 around 10 years ago. It was a bit worn and dusty from being stored for decades, but it appeared to be something special.