Friends of Bates Educators & Staff

We are a group of Bates alumni and community members supporting Bates adjunct faculty and staff forming their union to advocate for themselves and students.

[Ben Chin @BChinME]

Any @BatesAlumni going to reunion this weekend- msg me/ reply to get a sticker showing support for the workers organizing their union! The workers are facing a legal challenge to building an inclusive union and would love our solidarity. @FriendsofBESO @MaineAFLCIO

[Friends of Bates Educators & Staff @FriendsofBESO]

@BatesCollege Key Worker Issue: Protecting and Improving Benefits.

https://t.co/bhZFTlrImo

[Friends of Bates Educators & Staff @FriendsofBESO]

BALLOTS ARE OUT!

We stand with @BatesCollege workers #votingyes to form their #walltowall union because they can do so much good for themselves, Bates, students, and our community with a real voice at work <3

Pics: Keiko Konoeda, Lecturer in Japanese; JM Foley, Grounds Worker

[Friends of Bates Educators & Staff @FriendsofBESO]

@BatesCollege Wanna learn more? Workers on the organizing committee made a website about why they and their coworkers are voting YES together: https://t.co/9dDRmWTbEf.

[Friends of Bates Educators & Staff @FriendsofBESO]

@BatesCollege Key Worker Issue: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

https://t.co/ljeFP0wsH1

[Friends of Bates Educators & Staff @FriendsofBESO]

@BatesCollege Key Worker Issue: Fair Pay and Sustainable Working Conditions.

https://t.co/4Ee3GPm9jl

[Friends of Bates Educators & Staff @FriendsofBESO]

@BatesCollege Big ups to folks at Western Maine Labor Council and @MEAFLCIO for putting this together! #Maine #LA and #unionfam solidarity game is too strong <333

[Friends of Bates Educators & Staff @FriendsofBESO]

R u local? Wanna support @BatesCollege workers voting to form their union this week?

Community & union folks are distributing lawn signs in Lewiston-Auburn, to show workers our community has their backs!

See u!✊

RSVP to [email protected]

#LewistonAuburn #ME #gobobcats

[Friends of Bates Educators & Staff @FriendsofBESO]

We know @BatesCollege can do better— but it will take workers having a real voice at work, to protect and advance the Bates we all know and love. As workers begin voting to form their union this week, to win that voice, we'll say it again:

WE HAVE YOUR BACKS AND YOU GOT THIS <33

[Beacon @mebeacon]

“If the admin says it’s unsafe for students to have in-person classes, for large gatherings to take place, and for outside visitors to be on campus, then anti-union meetings with an out-of-state consultant should be off the table." #mepolitics https://t.co/YNxjBPXpAb

[Friends of Bates Educators & Staff @FriendsofBESO]

IT'S OFFICIAL: @NLRB announced Bates adjunct faculty/staff will vote to form their #walltowall union in January. We are ready to support @BatesCollege workers as they make labor history and build a voice to protect and improve Bates for themselves, students, and the community <33

[Friends of Bates Educators & Staff @FriendsofBESO]

#gobobcats #solidarityforever #unionfamily #strongertogether #besounited #1u

[Friends of Bates Educators & Staff @FriendsofBESO]

Check it out! Joe Graziano, Second Cook in @BatesCollege Dining published an LTE in the @sunjournal on why he's joining with his coworkers to form their union.

Read here: https://t.co/Qdw8Zhy3Xx.

Let's keep up the gratitude and support for Bates educators and staff y'all! <33

[Friends of Bates Educators & Staff @FriendsofBESO]

Details for workers’ election should be announced by the NLRB in the coming days, but as workers approach their opportunity to #voteyes to form their union together it will be vital to ensure that anti-union consultants cannot intervene in workers’ choice.

[Friends of Bates Educators & Staff @FriendsofBESO]

@BatesAlumni

[Friends of Bates Educators & Staff @FriendsofBESO]

Another good day to call on @BatesCollege to remain neutral as educators and staff exercise their right to unionize! Why neutrality? They deserve to exercise that right freely, openly, and proudly! Email @ClaytonAtBates @GeoffreySwift here: https://t.co/HE3NZKkE8K

*takes 1 min!

[Friends of Bates Educators & Staff @FriendsofBESO]

#1u #mepolitics #solidarity #unionfamily #strongertogether #gobobcats #maine #unionstrong

[Friends of Bates Educators & Staff @FriendsofBESO]

@seiu200united @BatesCollege #1u #mepolitics #solidarity #unionfamily #strongertogether #gobobcats #maine #unionstrong

[Friends of Bates Educators & Staff @FriendsofBESO]

And the community support doesn't stop! Rock on @seiu200united for your solidarity with Bates Educators and Staff. Your testimonies show exactly why our community stands with Bates employees every step of the way—no matter what. Let's keep it up <3

Neutrality now @BatesCollege