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Grads Rising

@GradsRising

Empowering graduate workers through unionization. Proud partner of @AFTUnion @AFTAcademics #WeAreWorkers

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Joined February 2017
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|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| "Commitment to Diversity" In Academia Means Living Wages, Childcare & Healthcare For Grad Workers |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| (\__/) || (•ㅅ•) || / 　 づ #WeAreWorkers
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If you work in higher-ed and aren't a union member yet, what has kept you from becoming one? 🤔 #AcademicTwitter
22%Not sure how to start
6%Fear of retaliation
39%Local anti-union laws
33%Unsupportive colleagues
18 votes • Final results
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If you think this could only happen in Georgia, you are kidding yourself. Unionize now.
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Today, it was infuriating to learn that a politically-appointed group of non-academics can erase any job security I thought I had attained. The ease and speed with which this happened has helped me to see a difficult truth: tenure never really was secure in the first place. 1/2
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A Kellogg's worker on strike last night holding down the picket line through torrential rain in Omaha, Nebraska via @Kelloggstrike Facebook page
Image from Michael Sainato (@msainat1)
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There is no higher education without educators, researchers, and campus staff. Together we have the power to win a future with fair wages, job security, and academic freedom for ALL academic workers. Join the movement! bit.ly/AFTAcademics
Building the Academic Labor Movement

Building the Academic Labor Movement

Higher-ed workers are uniting to protect job security and academic freedom, while advocating for the voice, wages, and working conditions we deserve! To learn more, ask a question, or share a story,...

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Tenure is now under direct attack across the US. It will take a movement of academic workers that is similarly broad, and at least as united as our opponents, to save higher education. #SolidarityNotAusterity #NewDeal4HigherEd insidehighered.com/news/2021…
Tenure under threat in Georgia

Tenure under threat in Georgia

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This is what being a union is all about! When we're united we can use our power to fight for change or just be there for each other when we need it 🔥 #Solidarity #MutualAid #UnionStrong
AFT Academics (@AFTacademics) profile pictureAFT Academics@AFTacademics7 Sep 2021
Our union, @AFTunion, has opened its Disaster Relief Fund to help members (faculty, staff, grad workers, K-12 teachers, bus drivers, nurses, etc.) recover after #HurricaneIda. You can show your support by donating here! #Solidarity #UnionStrong #MutualAid aft.org/disaster-relief-fund…
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#AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter @ProfessorIsIn and other major academic twitter accounts. Please help the academic world to remember what is happening in Louisiana right now. We need attention and, more importantly, support. Imagine Water Works and Mutual Aid Louisiana for $
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What's on the line? ☞ Tuition-free community college ☞ Student success grants ☞ Increased maximum for Pell grant awards ☞ Investments in HBCUs, MSIs, HSIs, TCUs, ANNHIs ☞ Research infrastructure #AcademicChatter #NewDeal4HigherEd @AFTunion @AAUP actionnetwork.org/letters/in…
Tell Congress: Invest In Our Nation’s Higher Education

Tell Congress: Invest In Our Nation’s Higher Education

I just sent a letter to my representative demanding that Congress fund the programs our colleges and universities need to help America's students succeed. Send yours now: https://actionnetwork.org/...

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Join the fight for the #NewDeal4HigherEd and get involved today by sending a letter to your rep demanding that Congress invest in higher education! @AFTunion @AAUP actionnetwork.org/letters/in…
Tell Congress: Invest In Our Nation’s Higher Education

Tell Congress: Invest In Our Nation’s Higher Education

I just sent a letter to my representative demanding that Congress fund the programs our colleges and universities need to help America's students succeed. Send yours now: https://actionnetwork.org/...

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🔥✊📚 #ND4HE
AFT Academics (@AFTacademics) profile pictureAFT Academics@AFTacademics27 Aug 2021
Our members voted unanimously to join the fight for the New Deal for Higher Education at tonight's union meeting! #SolidarityNotAusterity #ND4HE newdealforhighered.org
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Post-docs in the UK are demanding recognition of their labor and fair working conditions. If you're a post-doc in the US and these issues sound familiar, we'd love to hear from you! bit.ly/AFTAcademics #SolidarityNotAusterity chemistryworld.com/news/call…
Building the Academic Labor Movement

Building the Academic Labor Movement

Higher-ed workers are uniting to protect job security and academic freedom, while advocating for the voice, wages, and working conditions we deserve! To learn more, ask a question, or share a story,...

docs.google.com
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If you work in higher-ed and you wish you were a union member, you're in luck! You can become an associate member of @AFTunion and work with activist colleagues across the country by joining AFT Academics today #HigherEdTogether #SolidarityNotAusterity bit.ly/OURacademy

How to Join

Do you work in:A preK-12 school system (public, private or charter)?An early childhood center (Head Start, child care center or family child care)?A college or university system?A local, state or...

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Check it out, AFTA members! #UnionProud #Solidarity
The Valley Labor Report (@LaborReporters) profile pictureThe Valley Labor Report@LaborReporters27 Jul 2021
FREE PRINT SUBSCRIPTION to @inthesetimesmag for ANY UNION MEMBER.
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What is the most important change needed for academic workers at the beginning of Fall 2021? These choices are the top three in our survey so far. Check out the other options and the rest of our Fall 2021 Campus survey on our website! AFTAcademics.org
82%Living wages
3%Transparency from admin
15%Job security
33 votes • Final results
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My union, @AFTacademics, is collecting data on back to school plans for colleges & universities around the country. Is your admin requiring the COVID vax for students & staff? Should they? If you work in higher ed, let us know! No need to be a member to take our survey (: #1u
AFT Academics (@AFTacademics) profile pictureAFT Academics@AFTacademics13 Jul 2021
Is your campus going back in person, remote, or hybrid? Are vaccinations required? What do you think the next semester should look like? Let us know by taking our short survey! bit.ly/aftasurvey #SolidarityNotAusterity
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Will your courses be online, in person, or hybrid next semester? 🤔 Follow up question: Did you have a choice? Answer this and other quick questions to help us collect data on the fall 2021 return to campus: AFTAcademics.org
70%In person
19%Online
11%Hybrid
27 votes • Final results
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"Something has to change. Something has got to give." Tristan, a graduate worker in history and a parent. teapaw.org/i/broadcasts/1ypJdgvgP…
These academic worker parents are incredible educators who make impossible schedules work, but they deserve more support from their institutions. @AFTHigherEd @AFTunion teapaw.org/i/broadcasts/1ypJdgvgP…
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We're live! teapaw.org/i/broadcasts/1ypJdgvgP…
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