Grads Rising

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

[Grads Rising @GradsRising]

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"Commitment to Diversity"
In Academia Means
Living Wages, Childcare
& Healthcare For
Grad Workers
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#WeAreWorkers

[AFT Academics @AFTacademics]

If you work in higher-ed and aren't a union member yet, what has kept you from becoming one? 🤔 #AcademicTwitter

[Yanni Loukissas @yloukissas]

If you think this could only happen in Georgia, you are kidding yourself. Unionize now.

[Yanni Loukissas @yloukissas]

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

[Michael Sainato @msainat1]

A Kellogg's worker on strike last night holding down the picket line through torrential rain in Omaha, Nebraska

via @Kelloggstrike Facebook page

[AFT Academics @AFTacademics]

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! https://t.co/zT9bsZkWoD

[AFT Academics @AFTacademics]

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 https://t.co/lq0AavQbMv

[Grads Rising @GradsRising]

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]

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
https://t.co/W7KWU58rjy

[solidaritytulane @solidarityTU]

#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 $

[AFT Academics @AFTacademics]

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 https://t.co/eGPglxVoE0

[Grads Rising @GradsRising]

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 https://t.co/ZO6AGrSaP2

[Grads Rising @GradsRising]

🔥✊📚 #ND4HE

[AFT Academics @AFTacademics]

Our members voted unanimously to join the fight for the New Deal for Higher Education at tonight's union meeting! #SolidarityNotAusterity #ND4HE https://t.co/0HLsQERO7w

[AFT Academics @AFTacademics]

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! https://t.co/zT9bsZkWoD #SolidarityNotAusterity https://t.co/4zgauguwAv

[AFT Academics @AFTacademics]

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 https://t.co/9f72rV62WB

[AFT Academics @AFTacademics]

Check it out, AFTA members! #UnionProud #Solidarity

[AFT Academics @AFTacademics]

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! https://t.co/gLIHQHNpQv

[Ally Benjamin @_allybenji]

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]

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: https://t.co/gLIHQHvOrV

[Grads Rising @GradsRising]

"Something has to change. Something has got to give." Tristan, a graduate worker in history and a parent. https://t.co/qnvlC0ueTF

[AFT Academics @AFTacademics]

These academic worker parents are incredible educators who make impossible schedules work, but they deserve more support from their institutions. @AFTHigherEd @AFTunion
https://t.co/eXa6Mtfpic

[AFT Academics @AFTacademics]

We're live! https://t.co/eXa6Mtfpic