United Academics of Philadelphia
@uaphilly.bsky.social
United Academics of Philadelphia is AFT Local 9608.
We build POWER with Philly-area Higher Ed faculty & staff!
Home of #ArcadiaUnion, #UArtsUnion and growing...
https://linktr.ee/UnitedAcademicsPhilly
We build POWER with Philly-area Higher Ed faculty & staff!
Home of #ArcadiaUnion, #UArtsUnion and growing...
https://linktr.ee/UnitedAcademicsPhilly
Announcing our NEW Emergency Fund, supported by a fundraiser by our former VP:
www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...
Thousands of Philly Higher Ed workers are hired one term or year at a time, w/ no guarantee of continued employment & often no benefits. Application will open when we reach $5,000!
www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...
Thousands of Philly Higher Ed workers are hired one term or year at a time, w/ no guarantee of continued employment & often no benefits. Application will open when we reach $5,000!
Donate to the United Academics of Philly Emergency Fund, organized by Brad Philbert
In Philadelphia, thousands of Higher Ed workers are employed for… Brad Philbert needs your support for Donate to the United Academics of Philly Emergency Fund
www.gofundme.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Announcing our NEW Emergency Fund, supported by a fundraiser by our former VP:
www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...
Thousands of Philly Higher Ed workers are hired one term or year at a time, w/ no guarantee of continued employment & often no benefits. Application will open when we reach $5,000!
www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...
Thousands of Philly Higher Ed workers are hired one term or year at a time, w/ no guarantee of continued employment & often no benefits. Application will open when we reach $5,000!
Who has the Power?
Rally & Teach-In: Trump, McCormick, and the Billionaires behind attacks on Higher Ed
Friday Nov. 7th, Noon - 1pm
Outside Senator McCormick’s Office at 20th & Market, Philadelphia. JOIN US!
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Rally & Teach-In: Trump, McCormick, and the Billionaires behind attacks on Higher Ed
Friday Nov. 7th, Noon - 1pm
Outside Senator McCormick’s Office at 20th & Market, Philadelphia. JOIN US!
actionnetwork.org/events/who-h...
October 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Who has the Power?
Rally & Teach-In: Trump, McCormick, and the Billionaires behind attacks on Higher Ed
Friday Nov. 7th, Noon - 1pm
Outside Senator McCormick’s Office at 20th & Market, Philadelphia. JOIN US!
actionnetwork.org/events/who-h...
Rally & Teach-In: Trump, McCormick, and the Billionaires behind attacks on Higher Ed
Friday Nov. 7th, Noon - 1pm
Outside Senator McCormick’s Office at 20th & Market, Philadelphia. JOIN US!
actionnetwork.org/events/who-h...
Welcome Back to campus to our Arcadia Adjunct Faculty Union! Arcadia #Adjuncts can get reconnected with their union throughout the coming weeks! Find all the links in our bio! @arcadiauniversity.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Welcome Back to campus to our Arcadia Adjunct Faculty Union! Arcadia #Adjuncts can get reconnected with their union throughout the coming weeks! Find all the links in our bio! @arcadiauniversity.bsky.social
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Went into Philly to meet with some @uaphilly.bsky.social folks. It's always cool to hear about common struggles and organizing. For PA Folks there's some training by @higheredlabor.bsky.social on the state budget coming soon.
July 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Went into Philly to meet with some @uaphilly.bsky.social folks. It's always cool to hear about common struggles and organizing. For PA Folks there's some training by @higheredlabor.bsky.social on the state budget coming soon.
Join us for a Union Solidarity Happy Hour!
Saturday July 12th, 5-7pm
Victory Taproom - 1776 Ben Franklin Pkwy
It's the @aftpa.bsky.social annual convention & we're hosting the chill union hangout with AFT union members from across the state. Snacks are on us! RSVP: forms.gle/3gMmcRRkzhiC...
Saturday July 12th, 5-7pm
Victory Taproom - 1776 Ben Franklin Pkwy
It's the @aftpa.bsky.social annual convention & we're hosting the chill union hangout with AFT union members from across the state. Snacks are on us! RSVP: forms.gle/3gMmcRRkzhiC...
July 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Join us for a Union Solidarity Happy Hour!
Saturday July 12th, 5-7pm
Victory Taproom - 1776 Ben Franklin Pkwy
It's the @aftpa.bsky.social annual convention & we're hosting the chill union hangout with AFT union members from across the state. Snacks are on us! RSVP: forms.gle/3gMmcRRkzhiC...
Saturday July 12th, 5-7pm
Victory Taproom - 1776 Ben Franklin Pkwy
It's the @aftpa.bsky.social annual convention & we're hosting the chill union hangout with AFT union members from across the state. Snacks are on us! RSVP: forms.gle/3gMmcRRkzhiC...
Crystal Carey is not unknown to our #UArtsUnion… she was on the (losing!) team of @morganlewislaw.bsky.social lawyers hired by UArts admin to drag out negotiations on the UArts faculty contract for THREE years - a contract we won by calling for a strike vote.
Got a little scoop here.
The next general counsel of the NLRB will be a virtually unknown lawyer at union-busting law firm Morgan Lewis, whose biggest recent client is Amazon.
prospect.org/labor/2025-0...
The next general counsel of the NLRB will be a virtually unknown lawyer at union-busting law firm Morgan Lewis, whose biggest recent client is Amazon.
prospect.org/labor/2025-0...
Trump to Pick Union-Busting Attorney for Key Labor Law Position
The National Labor Relations Board general counsel is a key policymaker shaping labor law. Crystal Carey, an attorney at anti-union firm Morgan Lewis, is the apparent choice.
prospect.org
March 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Crystal Carey is not unknown to our #UArtsUnion… she was on the (losing!) team of @morganlewislaw.bsky.social lawyers hired by UArts admin to drag out negotiations on the UArts faculty contract for THREE years - a contract we won by calling for a strike vote.
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Worried about your digital footprint? Join our @penamerica.bsky.social webinar on March 10 at 3 PM ET to learn how to think like a doxxer, find out what info is online about you, and how to remove it.
REGISTER: aft.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
REGISTER: aft.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Digital Safety Workshop: Wait, what info is available about me online? How to think like a doxxer.. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email...
PEN America Digital Safety Series: There are tangible steps that we can all take to mitigate the risk or severity of online abuse campaigns. We will assess our digital footprint and discuss ways that ...
aft.zoom.us
March 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Worried about your digital footprint? Join our @penamerica.bsky.social webinar on March 10 at 3 PM ET to learn how to think like a doxxer, find out what info is online about you, and how to remove it.
REGISTER: aft.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
REGISTER: aft.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Photos of our Philly action made it into @maddow.msnbc.com!
Yesterday's #LaborforHigherEd actions on
@maddow.msnbc.com: "There were more than a dozen protests today specifically for university faculty and researchers who work on healthcare." Hands off our healthcare, research, and jobs! www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeOl...
@maddow.msnbc.com: "There were more than a dozen protests today specifically for university faculty and researchers who work on healthcare." Hands off our healthcare, research, and jobs! www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeOl...
Trump stunts on national stage cause headaches for Republicans dealing with local fallout, outrage
YouTube video by MSNBC
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February 21, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Photos of our Philly action made it into @maddow.msnbc.com!
HUNDREDS of Higher Ed faculty, staff, grad workers, postdocs, researchers and students showed up in the cold today outside the office of @davemccormick.bsky.social to say HANDS OFF our research, our healthcare, and our jobs! @higheredlabor.bsky.social @aftunion.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
HUNDREDS of Higher Ed faculty, staff, grad workers, postdocs, researchers and students showed up in the cold today outside the office of @davemccormick.bsky.social to say HANDS OFF our research, our healthcare, and our jobs! @higheredlabor.bsky.social @aftunion.bsky.social
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Join Philly labor afternoon TOMORROW (2⃣/1⃣9⃣) as we demand that Sen. McCormick take his HANDS OFF higher ed workers' healthcare and jobs 🚫
Let's show Sen. McCormick that 🗣️ PHILLY IS A UNION TOWN ✊
📍Sen. McCormick's Philly Office (2000 Market St.)
⌚️ 1⃣2⃣ PM
Let's show Sen. McCormick that 🗣️ PHILLY IS A UNION TOWN ✊
📍Sen. McCormick's Philly Office (2000 Market St.)
⌚️ 1⃣2⃣ PM
February 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Join Philly labor afternoon TOMORROW (2⃣/1⃣9⃣) as we demand that Sen. McCormick take his HANDS OFF higher ed workers' healthcare and jobs 🚫
Let's show Sen. McCormick that 🗣️ PHILLY IS A UNION TOWN ✊
📍Sen. McCormick's Philly Office (2000 Market St.)
⌚️ 1⃣2⃣ PM
Let's show Sen. McCormick that 🗣️ PHILLY IS A UNION TOWN ✊
📍Sen. McCormick's Philly Office (2000 Market St.)
⌚️ 1⃣2⃣ PM
Our members agree with @ingasaffron.bsky.social - former UArts Hamilton Hall should be kept in the arts!
The Eagles victory brought all of Philadelphia to Broad Street for a day. But arts and culture does that every day. We’ve got just six more days to save the oldest building on Broad for the arts. My column on the future of UArts flagship building: www.inquirer.com/real-estate/...
Mayor Parker can help keep the arts in the Avenue of the Arts — if she acts quickly
Lindsey Scannapieco, who turned the Bok Building into a hive for makers, is going toe-to-toe with a deep-pocketed developer to gain control of UArts' flagship building.
www.inquirer.com
February 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Our members agree with @ingasaffron.bsky.social - former UArts Hamilton Hall should be kept in the arts!
Thank you @pasenatorsaval.com for supporting the effort to keep UArts buildings in the arts!
Philly’s development of a dedicated arts district has been a tremendous point of pride. As the UArts bankruptcy has progressed, the court can safeguard its legacy by prioritizing affordable spaces for expression and education. I support Scout's bid for Hamilton and Furness Halls.
February 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Thank you @pasenatorsaval.com for supporting the effort to keep UArts buildings in the arts!
Join us and a truly awesome coalition of Philly Higher Ed & Healthcare unions!
Sign up here: www.labor4highered.org#register
Sign up here: www.labor4highered.org#register
February 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Join us and a truly awesome coalition of Philly Higher Ed & Healthcare unions!
Sign up here: www.labor4highered.org#register
Sign up here: www.labor4highered.org#register
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United Academics of Philadelphia, AFT #9608 seeks a Full-Time Organizer to be based in Philadelphia, PA. Details: unionjobs.com/listing.php?... #1u #UnionStrong
@uaphilly.bsky.social @aftunion.bsky.social
@uaphilly.bsky.social @aftunion.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
United Academics of Philadelphia, AFT #9608 seeks a Full-Time Organizer to be based in Philadelphia, PA. Details: unionjobs.com/listing.php?... #1u #UnionStrong
@uaphilly.bsky.social @aftunion.bsky.social
@uaphilly.bsky.social @aftunion.bsky.social
Work with us! We are seeking an experienced & collaborative organizer to help support Philly-area faculty & staff to build worker power in higher ed!
unionjobs.com/listing.php?...
unionjobs.com/listing.php?...
Full-Time Organizer - UAP : Pennsylvania — Union Jobs Clearinghouse
Full-Time Organizer - UAP : Pennsylvania — Union Jobs Clearinghouse
unionjobs.com
February 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Work with us! We are seeking an experienced & collaborative organizer to help support Philly-area faculty & staff to build worker power in higher ed!
unionjobs.com/listing.php?...
unionjobs.com/listing.php?...
Join us! Fund don’t Freeze Higher Ed in Philly!
@aaup-penn.bsky.social @uaw.org @taup4531.bsky.social @fsfccp.bsky.social @afscmedc47.bsky.social
@aaup-penn.bsky.social @uaw.org @taup4531.bsky.social @fsfccp.bsky.social @afscmedc47.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Join us! Fund don’t Freeze Higher Ed in Philly!
@aaup-penn.bsky.social @uaw.org @taup4531.bsky.social @fsfccp.bsky.social @afscmedc47.bsky.social
@aaup-penn.bsky.social @uaw.org @taup4531.bsky.social @fsfccp.bsky.social @afscmedc47.bsky.social
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Billionaires are waging war on workers, putting healthcare, research, education, and jobs at risk. Workers at colleges and universities are facing tremendous uncertainty. Join us Thursday 2/13 at 8pm ET for a National Higher Ed Strategy Call: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
February 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Billionaires are waging war on workers, putting healthcare, research, education, and jobs at risk. Workers at colleges and universities are facing tremendous uncertainty. Join us Thursday 2/13 at 8pm ET for a National Higher Ed Strategy Call: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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How can we respond to the onslaught of attacks on higher ed? Feb 13 at 8pm ET/7pm CT/6pm MT/5pm PT: workers & allies from around the US will come together in a national strategy call. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @uaw.org @aftunion.bsky.social @cwaunion.bsky.social @aaup.bsky.social
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Fund Don't Freeze: National Higher Education Strategy Call. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join higher education workers from around the country on 2/13 at 8 PM Eastern / 7 PM Central / 6 PM Mountain / 5 PM Pacific for a national strategy call on the federal attack on higher education and h...
us06web.zoom.us
February 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
How can we respond to the onslaught of attacks on higher ed? Feb 13 at 8pm ET/7pm CT/6pm MT/5pm PT: workers & allies from around the US will come together in a national strategy call. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @uaw.org @aftunion.bsky.social @cwaunion.bsky.social @aaup.bsky.social
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BREAKING: Two unions with over two million government workers are suing the Trump admin over illegal executive orders.
AFSCME and AFGE assert that Trump illegally exceeded his authority by unilaterally trying to roll back a regulation that protects civil servants.
AFSCME and AFGE assert that Trump illegally exceeded his authority by unilaterally trying to roll back a regulation that protects civil servants.
January 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
BREAKING: Two unions with over two million government workers are suing the Trump admin over illegal executive orders.
AFSCME and AFGE assert that Trump illegally exceeded his authority by unilaterally trying to roll back a regulation that protects civil servants.
AFSCME and AFGE assert that Trump illegally exceeded his authority by unilaterally trying to roll back a regulation that protects civil servants.
We made a Philly-region labor starter pack! Who else should we add? @phillyaflcio.bsky.social looking at you 👀
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January 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
We made a Philly-region labor starter pack! Who else should we add? @phillyaflcio.bsky.social looking at you 👀
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The Trump admin has announced a freeze on federal grants & loans, impacting critical university functions. We will all feel the impact. Together, we must fight back for our students, patients, coworkers, and communities. Sign up here to join the fight: tinyurl.com/fight4HE
January 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The Trump admin has announced a freeze on federal grants & loans, impacting critical university functions. We will all feel the impact. Together, we must fight back for our students, patients, coworkers, and communities. Sign up here to join the fight: tinyurl.com/fight4HE
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This morning, we learned that President Trump fired Board Member Gwynne Wilcox, whose Senate-confirmed term runs until 2028.
This move must be called out for what it is—a frontal assault on the NLRB, its employees, workers, and the very idea of an independent civil service. 🚨
This move must be called out for what it is—a frontal assault on the NLRB, its employees, workers, and the very idea of an independent civil service. 🚨
January 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This morning, we learned that President Trump fired Board Member Gwynne Wilcox, whose Senate-confirmed term runs until 2028.
This move must be called out for what it is—a frontal assault on the NLRB, its employees, workers, and the very idea of an independent civil service. 🚨
This move must be called out for what it is—a frontal assault on the NLRB, its employees, workers, and the very idea of an independent civil service. 🚨
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Join us Thursday, Jan. 30, for an urgent town hall for our members on immigration and the threat of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in schools and hospitals. We'll be discussing Trump's mass deportation agenda & its harmful consequences.
Register: event.on24.com/wcc/r/484534...
Register: event.on24.com/wcc/r/484534...
January 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Join us Thursday, Jan. 30, for an urgent town hall for our members on immigration and the threat of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in schools and hospitals. We'll be discussing Trump's mass deportation agenda & its harmful consequences.
Register: event.on24.com/wcc/r/484534...
Register: event.on24.com/wcc/r/484534...
What’s disgusting? Union busting!
16 million workers were represented by a #union in 2024 while 60 million workers have said they would join a union if they could. Why the disconnect? Anti-union employers spend $433 million per year on union-avoidance consultants, according to @epi.org research. www.epi.org/publication/...
16 million workers were unionized in 2024: Millions more want to join unions but couldn’t
Interest in union organizing is surging in the United States. Since 2021, petitions for union elections at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) have more than doubled. And public support for...
www.epi.org
January 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
What’s disgusting? Union busting!
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Great news: You now have until February 28th to apply for the Low Income Tax Freeze! www.phila.gov/services/pay...
January 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Great news: You now have until February 28th to apply for the Low Income Tax Freeze! www.phila.gov/services/pay...