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AAUP @aaup.org · 22d

BREAKING:

A historic coalition of national & California labor unions led by the AAUP filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging the illegal & coercive use of civil rights laws to attack the University of California system & the rights of their members.

UC employees, not waiting on leaders, sue Trump for 'financial coercion' over UCLA cuts

University of California faculty, students and staff on Tuesday sued President Trump over a $1.2-million penalty against UCLA and federal demands over campus changes. They argued that the actions camp...

www.latimes.com

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Alexandra Finley @alexfinley.bsky.social · 22d

Do what you can to help Dr. Alter. An injury to one is an injury to all

Donate to Support Free Speech: Reinstate Dr Tom Alter Now!, organized by Kim Gasper-Rabuck

Dear Friends, Educators and fellow Union Supporters, We are ask… Kim Gasper-Rabuck needs your support for Support Free Speech: Reinstate Dr Tom Alter Now!

www.gofundme.com

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 22d

When our institutions won't stand up, faculties will have to come together to do so.

AAUP @aaup.org · 22d

BREAKING:

A historic coalition of national & California labor unions led by the AAUP filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging the illegal & coercive use of civil rights laws to attack the University of California system & the rights of their members.

UC employees, not waiting on leaders, sue Trump for 'financial coercion' over UCLA cuts

University of California faculty, students and staff on Tuesday sued President Trump over a $1.2-million penalty against UCLA and federal demands over campus changes. They argued that the actions camp...

www.latimes.com

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Alexandra Finley @alexfinley.bsky.social · 25d

Petition for Professor Alter:

Reinstate Dr. Tom Alter | Defend Free Speech at All Universities

Whether a professor, staff member, student, or community member, we all have the right to our own beliefs, ideas, and values and the right to speak about them openly as private citizens.

actionnetwork.org

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Alexandra Finley @alexfinley.bsky.social · 26d

Not that I’m aware of but there may be something I don’t know about

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Alexandra Finley @alexfinley.bsky.social · 26d

I was happy to support this statement and I hope all historians can come together to fight this disgusting violation of academic freedom.

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Alexandra Finley @alexfinley.bsky.social · 26d

LAWCHA Statement on the Unjust Firing of Professor Thomas Alter

Resolution on Academic Freedom and Firing of Tom Alter

Statement by the Labor and Working-Class History Association on Academic Freedom and the Unjust Firing of Professor Thomas Alter We, the Officers and Members of the Board of Directors of the Labor ...

docs.google.com

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · Aug 4

say it again:

4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities

demolishing higher education is economic sabotage

Anise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social · Aug 4

It's important to note here that we're not just talking about faculty & university staff. 100s of U.S. colleges are in towns or small cities where they form the major industry & lifeblood of the community. Loss of students -> loss of rent $, restaurant $, bars, bookstores, gaming stores...

Steve Herman @w7voa.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · Aug 3

The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact

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Alexandra Finley @alexfinley.bsky.social · Aug 4

“That may seem like an unfair question to ask of any union, any local, but when history calls our number, fairly or unfairly, it is the duty of every person of conscience to answer the call”

What good is a union in Hell?

“Brothers, sisters, siblings, we stand here now on the precipice of oblivion… This isn't just about fighting for better wages and working conditions… This is about who is willing to fight for life its...

therealnews.com

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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · Aug 3

This Day in Labor History: August 3, 1913. The Wheatland Riot took place in California, leading to four deaths, including two workers and two law enforcement agents. This was caused by the cops violently busting a farmworkers strike where some IWW members were working. Disgusting, typical.

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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · Jul 30

The minimum wage is still $7.25

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · Jul 29

The median home price in the U.S. has reached a record high of $435,300.

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Michael Yarbrough (he/him) @mwyarbrough.bsky.social · Jul 29

Boards of Trustees ***LIKE*** the Trump demands. They ***AGREE*** with them.

They like the idea of putting the screws on activist, lefty, and Muslim students. They like the idea of a whiter student body and conservative curriculum. They want these things and think $200 million is a fair price.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Jul 27

94% of teachers have had to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies. An estimated 1 in 6 have second jobs during the school year to make ends meet.

The average Wall Street employee got a record $244,700 bonus last year.

Something has gone terribly wrong.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · Jul 23

Google's AI summaries are
- killing traffic to legitimate sites
- producing summaries that can be wrong
- in the long run probably making you a dumbass

www.404media.co/googles-ai-i...

Google’s AI Is Destroying Search, the Internet, and Your Brain

Google’s AI Overview, which is easy to fool into stating nonsense as fact, is stopping people from finding and supporting small businesses and credible sources.

www.404media.co

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Alexandra Finley @alexfinley.bsky.social · Jul 22

Pittsburgh history: I.W.W. meetings held at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Smithfield, 1907

Advertisement for IWW meeting in the Industrial Worker, 1907

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · Jul 21

The bill to restore federal workers’ union rights has bipartisan support from a majority of members in Congress!

Tell your rep to sign the discharge petition for the Protect America’s Workforce Act to reverse Trump’s union-busting executive order! act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...

Tell Congress: Sign the discharge petition and give the Protect America's Workforce Act a vote. Call your rep: 844-994-4554 | AFL-CIO

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Jason D. Salvagni @salvagni.org · Jul 21

Use this time to build community, invest in mutual aid, educate yourself & your family, hammer your "representatives" with strong opinions, be in the streets taking up space & using your voice. We'll beat these fascist fucks & build something better than the status quo we had.

Keep doing The Work

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Jul 21

It's become clear that this administration is just a protracted war on anybody who's read a book without pictures in it. It's a miracle we're all still getting up and going to work every morning. The psychological drain is the point, and I'm increasingly grateful to the people who are still decent.

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Federal Workers Against DOGE @fedsagainstdoge.bsky.social · Jul 16

The Full 'I Do Solemnly Swear' Audio Series is out NOW as well as an exclusive from @axios.com!

WATCH: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

READ: www.axios.com/2025/07/16/d...

TAKE ACTION: linktr.ee/FedsSpeakOut

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Alexandra Finley @alexfinley.bsky.social · Jul 21

“What are your policies but simply obeying orders? By whom are the orders issued? The capitalist class.”
From The Industrial Worker, 1/1906

January 1906 edition of the Industrial Worker

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Alexandra Finley @alexfinley.bsky.social · Jul 20

Very invested in this question

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Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · Jul 18

"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪

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LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social · Jul 11

Alexandra Finley’s (@alexfinley.bsky.social) review of Laboring Mothers: Reproducing Women and Work in the Eighteenth Century (@uvapress.bsky.social) by Ellen Malenas Ledoux

doi.org/10.1215/1547...

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · Jun 14

Misogyny is core to the American fascist project and feminism must be core to its opposition.

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · Jun 14

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Jun 14

A reminder to reporters, when historians look back on this moment with the president throwing himself a military parade and the people throwing No Kings rallies across America, the media sources raving about the former and sneering at the latter are going to be quoted by name.

This is your legacy!

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