Texas Faculty Association / NEA

The Texas Faculty Association supports #HigherEd faculty & staff at Texas colleges/universities and is affiliated with TSTA/NEA. #1u

[UAW @UAW]

🧵Toyota workers talk about why they're organizing a union: "How can the richest car company in the world not follow basic safety practices? We’re organizing to fix what’s wrong and win the protection we need.”

[American Association of University Professors @AAUP]

There appears to be a major problem with due process at @TexasTech.

[Alex Young @Alex_T_Young]

ASU and U of A friends - that means joining us in @UCWArizona. Sign our petition urging @katiehobbs to veto the package of bad higher ed bills pushed by J6 insurrectionist Anthony Kern! https://t.co/Wa0CaWrj5I

[Alex Young @Alex_T_Young]

Our neoliberal institutions are constitutionally incapable of addressing this threat. Academic labor organizing is important for so many reasons, one of which is giving those of us on the front lines a voice in the struggle over the future of higher ed https://t.co/YW7Blep9T7

[AAUP-AFT at UT Austin @aaup_utAustin]

After criticism by anti-abortion activists an artist’s talk was cancelled ⁦@UHouston⁩, a public university that should be governed by norms of freedom of expression. https://t.co/y6rTCvDqeL

[AAUP-AFT at UT Austin @aaup_utAustin]

Censorship bill passed in Alabama Senate:

“free speech groups … say the measure could limit faculty members’ speech to such an extent that even professors who disagree with the bill’s list of “divisive concepts” couldn’t teach students about these ideas—even to criticize them.”

[Texas AFT @TexasAFT]

Democracy dies without local news. We stand in solidarity with the @AustinNewsGuild in demanding wages that reflect the worth of Statesman reporters' work and the vital role they play in Austin community.

#DoBetterGannett #SaveOurStatesman #1u

[Rutgers AAUP-AFT Academic Worker Union @ruaaup]

📣Academic Freedom Call to Action📣
Please consider signing this statement in support of Texas Tech Assistant Professor Jairo I. Fúnez-Flores, who has been targeted, doxxed, & slandered due to his pro-Palestine commitment & online speech.
https://t.co/OWNLY7jE7m #academicfreedom

[AAUP-AFT at UT Austin @aaup_utAustin]

⭐️Congratulations to the new Alliance for Texas History! Check out the star-studded cast of historians devoted to truthful and inclusive history!⭐️

[Texas Conference of the AAUP @TexasAaup]

⭐️⭐️We hope college and university administrators will learn that when faculty speak as private individuals, they have the #academicfreedom and free speech rights to post on social media accounts, including comments related to their scholarly expertise. https://t.co/KpOrT3cYtM

[Texas AFT @TexasAFT]

“If you’re not at the table, you're on the menu.” — Ann Richards

For the 2024 #SOTU, Texans are making sure unions have a seat at the table. With President Rick Levy as @RepCasar's guest, the @TexasAFLCIO will be attending the State of the Union for the first time! #1u

[AAUP-AFT at UT Austin @aaup_utAustin]

✴️ We agree! @UTAustin is over-implementing SB 17, going far beyond the anti-DEI requirements laid out in the bill. Longhorns who have worked hard to “make it your UT” deserve better than abrupt, unexplained closures from the administration. Offer respect & transparency, please!

[American Association of University Professors @AAUP]

“Silencing voices & suppressing ideas are antithetical to the core mission of higher ed, yet this is exactly what is happening at campuses all over the country."
-@imulvey, AAUP president
#academicfreedom
https://t.co/jywoEbL4Es

[Sara Nelson @FlyingWithSara]

Endeavor Flight Attendants deserve a fair share of the profits they create for Delta. It’s the same job. Passengers buy tickets & check-in on the same app for their flight. The planes are painted in Delta colors and logos. But Delta pays on average 45% less for the same work. 1/2

[AAUP-AFT at UT Austin @aaup_utAustin]

“It is no longer sufficient to merely teach, serve & publish in our own #HigherEd ed silo. To keep our ability to do that—to have that academic freedom—we have to teach, serve & publish on the freedom needed for higher education…the best way to save higher ed is to save democracy.”

[AAUP-AFT at UT Austin @aaup_utAustin]

⚠️⚠️Important alert from the Texas AAUP Conference @TexasAaup, which serves all AAUP chapters in Texas. You can help in the ongoing fight against state censorship by joining AAUP. National membership includes national, state & university-level membership! https://t.co/oSeydMx6SW

[American Association of University Professors @AAUP]

“Faculty are afraid. And that’s part of the point here, to make people afraid to teach.”

Restrictions on tenure & #academicfreedom have college professors eyeing the exits.

https://t.co/SNiGvATphq
@TexasAaup @TXFacultyAssoc