Here’s some of my friends from the @nvfa.bsky.social UNR and TMCC chapters. Proud to march with them and represent @aaup.org and @aft.org in Nevada!

Nevada faculty are grateful for all the solidarity today. Showing up meant the Regents moved up the agenda item. Our collective advocacy meant the Regents postponed changing collective bargaining policy changes and requesting more faculty input in future process on changes!

The Nevada Faculty Alliance thanks #NSHE Regents who spoke up and demanded that faculty and NFA be brought to the table for an open, transparent process for any policy changes to our collective bargaining process.

The Nevada Faculty Alliance is grateful to all who showed up to give public comment and to highlight how the policy changes for collective bargaining hamper the process, cause confusion, and take away from education! Solidarity wins the day!

Thanks to solidarity from @aft.org and @aflcio.org, the #NSHE Board of Regents did NOT change the collective bargaining policy. Faculty negotiating contracts now will continue to do so under the current rules! #WhenWeFightWeWin!

We're here with the Nevada Faculty Alliance to support the fight to preserve union rights and shared governance for Nevada's higher-ed workers. Solidarity! @nvfa.bsky.social @aft.org @afthighered.bsky.social @aaup.org @thenvindy.com

Tomorrow is the day! We're ready to show up to support #HigherEd collective bargaining for faculty at #NSHE. Join us as we gather before public comment at 9 am at the Board of Regents meeting!

Op-ed by Nevada State University faculty on the upcoming proposed changes to collective bargaining at #NSHE @thenvindy.com thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...

Four #NSHE institutions are in the middle of collective bargaining negotiations. This Friday, the Board of Regents looks to change the policy: thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...

NFA has been attempting to get our right to collectively bargain in state law for the past 8 years (#AB191 #NVLeg). Having only an internal #NSHE process means our management makes the rules and can change the rules--even in the middle of contract negotiations.

#CallToAction: Submit public comment and tell #NSHE Board of Regents to oppose changes to Title 4, Chapter 4. Faculty are negotiating new collective bargaining contracts now. Don't change the rules mid-negotiations: nshe.nevada.edu/regents/publ...

The #NSHE Board of Regents opposed having faculty collective bargaining rights in state law with #AB191 at the #NVLeg. Now they want to change their own internal limited bargaining process for faculty: www.nevadafacultyalliance.org/NewsArchive/... Faculty are negotiating NOW. Oppose the changes.

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Closing arguments today in @aaup.org AAUP v Rubio. Higher education under attack through ideological deportations. knightcolumbia.org/content/land...

Oh, I get to issue my several times a year reminder: Do not boycott a store you usually shop at if folks are trying to unionize/pressure for a contract/make changes UNLESS AND UNTIL THEY ASK YOU TO. Anything else can help management.

We've added a verse to Schoolhouse Rock's "I'm just a bill": its all about #fiscalnotes! #NVLeg @nvfa.bsky.social thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...

There was an awful lot of vetoes against workers and collective bargaining this session: www.nevadafacultyalliance.org/NewsArchive/... #NVLeg @nvfa.bsky.social

And Regents did vote to suspend faculty performance pay for FY2026 and FY2027. With no merit steps, no COLAs, the expiration of retention bonuses, and higher employee retirement contributions, faculty pay decreases on July 1, 2025. There is no suspension of inflation in cost of living! #NSHE #NvLeg

Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social members: Today the Board of Regents will decide to suspend merit pay for the next biennium. Faculty compensation needs to be prioritized in budgets. Make your voice heard!

Benefits of belonging to a #Union? Having folks advocate for you at the state legislature. Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social had us in Carson, in Vegas and on the phone to testify on #HigherEd faculty interests at the #NVLeg

The Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social made one-on-one meetings with legislators, followed up with one-pagers and handouts on our priorities and key bills--not to mention the quick hallway or elevator discussions. Advocating for #HigherEd faculty at the #NVLeg

How can you tell a paid lobbyist from an unpaid faculty lobbyist? Faculty will listen to the question you asked in a hearing and then bring you the stats and research to answer it in our one-on-one that day. @nvfa.bsky.social advocacy at the #NVLeg

#AB188 passed in the Senate! Public employee retirees getting more in their HRAs and able to save. This was a collaboration between our AFSCME, AFSCME retirees, and Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social #NVLeg Almost Sine Die!

#NVLeg 83rd Session is done. NFA @nvfa.bsky.social scored some wins this session! Our elected Board of Regents have similar standards to our K-12 Boards of Trustees to complete professional development during their terms! #HigherEd

Can't stop, won't stop representing #NSHE faculty in the #NVLeg. In these last days of the session, NFA @nvfa.bsky.social has been in hearing after hearing supporting our priorities! Whether in Carson, Vegas, or on the phone, we've been testifying!

The Nevada Faculty Alliance @nvfa.bsky.social is proud to support #SB156 in #NVLeg. Research and data to help us educate and prevent gun violence is much needed. #UNLV students from all political sides brought this bill.

#AB188 got bipartisan support in the #NVLeg! Big win for state public employee retiree health care. No more cap on their HRA, studies to improve #PEBP! @nvfa.bsky.social

Not been a great #NVLeg for collective bargaining. #AB191 to give the RIGHT to bargain to #NSHE faculty and graduate assistants can't get a hearing because our bosses say they can't afford lots of lawyers. Our other public employee colleagues can't get their contract because bad budget year.

Some progress on some good bills. Safety upgrades and nursing education-good for higher ed, good for our communities!

Good news! Our bill was heard in Ways! Bad news! Even after removing many provisions, it still has a fiscal note from PEBP. We call these 'weaponized fiscal notes' and they are a sneaky barrier to good policy in Carson City. nevadafacultyalliance.org/sys/website Read below to hear the story

The Gods of Carson City have heard our pleas and we have a hearing on #AB188 TODAY (this Tuesday late afternoon!!!) in #NVLeg!

HEARING THIS AFTERNOON in #NVLeg! During the Recession public employees took pay cuts, furloughs, and ALSO lost health care benefits they would have otherwise received in retirement (after 15+ years of service). This bill helps restore some of those health care benefits!

Our Nevada AFSCME colleagues have big bill hearings today in #NVLeg! #AB596 is related to their negotiated contracts and #AB188 helps restore retiree health benefits! @nvfa.bsky.social Nevada Faculty Alliance proud to stand with AFSCME workers!

More of our FINAL PUSH BILLS: AB188 to Improve PEBP! #NVLeg

Up next: Budget Bills! What are we fighting for? ✅ Campus Safety ✅ Funding for training nurses ✅ Caseload adjustment ✅ Fixing the underfunding of COLAs in 2023

NFA's team in Carson City is working on a final push for our legislative priorities. Up first: AB 191 our collective bargaining bill!

Judge’s order to stop the dismantling of the Department of Ed is from a lawsuit filed by @aft.org Higher ed faculty….join your local @aaup.bsky.social who fights alongside @aft.org to protect education.

Trump’s feud with elite universities like Harvard and Columbia grabs headlines, but <1% of U.S. college students attend these schools. The real story? Nearly 40% attend community colleges, and most are at regional public universities, not Ivy League schools. theconversation.com/trumps-battl...

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"The consequences will ripple for years. Universities may lose access to global talent. Scientific research will suffer. Political expression will be chilled. At stake is not just the fate of thousands of foreign students—it is the soul of the university & its role in a democratic society."

This is the best analysis you’ll find on the status of the Nevada System of Higher Education’s budget in the legislature. nevadafacultyalliance.org/NewsArchive/...

These are perilous times for free speech. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Some great investigative journalism by Hope Louden open.substack.com/pub/thetaoof...

Nevada joins interstate consortium for employee Auto-IRA savings accounts treasury.colorado.gov/press-releas... #SB305-2023 #SB305-2023

#NvLeg Percentage changes from December forecasts FY2025 +0.30% FY2026 -1.59% FY2027 -1.48% 3/