University of Wisconsin-Whitewater United

Affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Local # 3535, we are faculty and academic staff at UW-Whitewater fighting for quality education.

[David L. Simmons @DLSimmonsPhD]

More than 3,250 supporters of the UW System’s traditional commitment to academic excellence and the Wisconsin Idea. Sign the petition to hold Jay Rothman to that commitment! @UWWUnited @AFTWisconsin @nickfleisher @aaupwi

[Kelly Meyerhofer @KellyMeyerhofer]

A tale of 2 types of employees:
- Potentially huge increases in pay ranges, along w/ deferred comp packages, for top administrators
- Unionized trades workers waiting for GOP-controlled committee to pass 1.8% raise that was supposed to take effect in Jan.
https://t.co/Hlw3uAP2zm

[University of Wisconsin-Whitewater United @UWWUnited]

We are all educated today because of academic labor. Happy Labor Day from UWW United!

[University of Wisconsin-Whitewater United @UWWUnited]

@KellyMeyerhofer @UWSystem @UWLaCrosse @UWEauClaire Last week the UWW Provost told us that the self-reported vaxx rate is 70% among faculty/staff, 40% among students.

[University of Wisconsin-Whitewater United @UWWUnited]

"A strategy-savvy, action-focused new AFT faculty local at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater organizes during a pandemic, weathers a tough reopening fight and beats back 67 layoffs. And they’re just getting started."
https://t.co/uh0nBqt2QU

[Kelly Meyerhofer @KellyMeyerhofer]

.@GovEvers capital budget proposal is out. It includes about $1 billion for @UWSystem. Story to come.

https://t.co/KJyejpSdOb

[University of Wisconsin-Whitewater United @UWWUnited]

#FundtheFreeze

https://t.co/N5PFAy9Mxk

[University of Wisconsin-Whitewater United @UWWUnited]

Organizing works. As a result of our efforts over the course of this year, UW System has sent a retired Chancellor to "assist" @UWWhitewater Chancellor Dwight Watson for the rest of the semester, and the administration has backed off from plans for mass contract non-renewals.

[AFT Higher Ed @AFTHigherEd]

This right here is the question —->

[Kelly Meyerhofer @KellyMeyerhofer]

Here's @GovEvers' latest appointment to the @UWSystem Board of Regents:

https://t.co/4YzoP9QZ4K

[AFT Higher Ed @AFTHigherEd]

Excited to hear ⁦@AFTunion⁩ Sec-Treas ⁦@fedingram⁩ intvw our Higher Ed PPC chair, Prof. of History ⁦@alabamastateu⁩ Derryn Moten—introduced by ⁦@OPEIU⁩ Pres Patricia Cook—for an audience of AFT staff in honor of #blackhistorymonth. #hbcu #blackexcellence

[AFT Higher Ed @AFTHigherEd]

GREAT NEWS for student borrowers; SAD TROMBONES for the “income share agreement”/pro-indentured servitude crowd. Congrats to all @tnhabash @joannaspeaks @jmargetta @MACooperPhD

[University of Wisconsin-Whitewater United @UWWUnited]

We're on Tommy Thompson's whiteboard.

[UW-Whitewater @UWWhitewater]

Congratulations to the 3,921 Warhawks who made the 2020 fall semester Dean’s List! All these students earned a 3.4 GPA or higher.
https://t.co/axMlL6yptP

[University of Wisconsin-Whitewater United @UWWUnited]

Do your job, Chancellor Watson! https://t.co/aEWgjyL6dM

[University of Wisconsin-Whitewater United @UWWUnited]

Thank you to the staff who are making this semester's more robust COVID testing at @UWWhitewater possible!

[Governor Tony Evers @GovEvers]

This year, we’re also going to fix another problem that’s plagued our state for more than a decade: our gerrymandered maps.

[University of Wisconsin-Whitewater United @UWWUnited]

We have just received report that Chancellor Watson is aiming to eliminate 72 jobs at @UWWhitewater through contract non-renewals, to be announced in early February. And this after *rejecting* a slew of applications for early retirement buy-outs.

[PROFS @PROFSUWMadison]

A new CDC report shows that counties with large college campuses (20,000+ students) had a spike in COVID-19 cases when they reopened to in-person learning in the fall. Colleges that were primarily online saw a decline. https://t.co/aGLQkVmzM2