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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
Nationally, over 25% of adjunct faculty need public assistance to supplement their wages - wages that don’t come anywhere close to meeting a basic standard of living. With programs like SNAP coming under attack, higher ed workers need more access to support.
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Announcing our NEW Emergency Fund, supported by a fundraiser by our former VP:
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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!
Instead of leading to benefit PA, Sen McCormick is in lockstep w/ Trump’s funding cuts & govt shutdown, which have real imact for PA students, faculty, staff, & researchers. And lack of state budget will make impacts even worse for our communities.
w/ @rapup-uaw.bsky.social @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social
Gather outside McCormick’s office for a teach-in on the connections btw billionaire power brokers & leaders of Philly-area Higher Ed & Healthcare institutions. We’ll call on Sen McCormick to side with workers, students & patients instead of the wealthy.
w/ @aaup.org @aaup-penn.bsky.social @aft.org
With a federal shutdown, no state budget in sight, and ongoing attacks on Higher Ed, we need to raise the pressure on elected leaders to stand with us as we fight to fund higher education and research across our commonwealth!
w/ @fsfccp.bsky.social @phillyaflcio.bsky.social @taup4531.bsky.social
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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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
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.
Come on out! We'd be delighted to meet and connect.
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...
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.
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...
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
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
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!
Join us and a truly awesome coalition of Philly Higher Ed & Healthcare unions!
Sign up here: www.labor4highered.org#register
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
Work with us! We are seeking an experienced & collaborative organizer to help support Philly-area faculty & staff to build worker power in higher ed!
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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
Hands off healthcare, research, and jobs! National strategy call Feb 13 at 8pm ET
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...
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
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.
We made a Philly-region labor starter pack! Who else should we add? @phillyaflcio.bsky.social looking at you 👀
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Protect our colleges & universities – cuts to federal funding devastate local economies
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
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. 🚨
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...
What’s disgusting? Union busting!
Great news: You now have until February 28th to apply for the Low Income Tax Freeze! www.phila.gov/services/pay...