BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered Trump to restore $500 million in frozen UCLA NIH grants. The same judge, Rita F. Lin, previously ordered all UCLA NSF grants reinstated. Lin has now nearly entirely reversed Trump's July de-funding of UCLA research: www.latimes.com/california/s...

NEW: Federal judge orders 500 National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants at UCLA restored, rebuffing Trump’s July suspensions calmatters.org/education/20...

An open letter to Chancellor Lyons from the @ucaft.bsky.social Bay Area Chapter. Read it at ucaft.org/news/open-le...

🚨🚨🚨 NEW AAUP Report Analyzes Trump Admin Weaponization of Title VI to Undermine Civil Rights Protections. #Academicfreedom #AcademicSky #DefendHigherEd

Voting YES to strike sends a clear message to UC: we are prepared to do whatever it takes to win a contract that lets us continue delivering world-class healthcare, doing world-class research, and providing world-class education: upte.org/vote #union

‘It’s a capitulation’: Berkeley grieves as its university bends to Trump www.politico.com/news/2025/09... via @politico.com

NEW: A federal judge said today that she’s “inclined” to order the Trump administration to restore $500 million in frozen UCLA grants, the bulk of the remaining grant suspensions at the Westwood campus: www.latimes.com/world-nation...

Thousands call out UC leaders following UC Berkeley’s ‘capitulation’ to federal government www.dailycal.org/news/campus/... @dailycal.bsky.social

“We will not allow authoritarians to dismantle higher education. We will not allow billionaires to profit while communities suffer. And we will not allow fear to silence students and workers who speak out.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President #DefendHigherEd #HigherEdBenefitsEveryone @aft.org

Peyrin Kao is on day 23 of the hunger strike. UC-AFT Bay Area Chapter continues to stand in solidarity with our union colleague. Read the statement: drive.google.com/file/d/1EBKE... @ucaft.bsky.social

UAW 4811 Statement on Disclosure of Names to Trump Administration

Attention @ucaft.bsky.social Bay Area Chapter members: be sure to attend our monthly meeting tomorrow. Sept 18, 12-1pm, 303 Doe Library on the UC Berkeley campus. There’s lots to talk about!

“In turning over personal information to the government, the UC gave us a glimpse into how it handles injustice: by turning its back on students and faculty and leaving us at a loss for information and security.” www.dailycal.org/opinion/edit... @ucaft.bsky.social

Today, we joined a broad coalition of unions in suing the Trump administration over their unilateral termination of federal research grants to UCLA and other ongoing federal funding threats: www.latimes.com/california/s...

[PRESS RELEASE] Broad Coalition of Faculty, Staff, Students, and Unions Unite to Defend University of California System From Trump-Vance Administration Assault ucaft.org/news/broad-c...

when our university fails us, the workers who make UC run will stand up and fight back

Proud that my union @ucaft.bsky.social is part of this suit

BREAKING: A historic coalition of national & California labor unions led by the AAUP filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging the illegal & coercive use of civil rights laws to attack the University of California system & the rights of their members.

“Instead of treating the report according to procedure as you are obligated to do under both US constitutional law and University of California policy, you forward the allegation, unadjudicated to an office of the federal government.” - Judith Butler www.thenation.com/article/soci...

“On Tuesday afternoon, a coalition of UC unions and faculty organizations will hold a protest at UC San Francisco before the kickoff of a two-day board of regents meeting, the trustees’ first public convening since the UCLA crisis unfolded.”✊ www.latimes.com/california/s...

HANDS OFF OUR UC! Join us for a rally tomorrow, Sept 16, 2p at UCSF outside the Regents meeting. @uaw4811.bsky.social @calnurses.bsky.social @teamsterslocal2010.bsky.social @uptecwa.bsky.social @aaup.org @ucaftbayarea.bsky.social @afscme3299.bsky.social

No concessions, no capitulation, no cuts! @ucaft.bsky.social @uclafa.bsky.social

We’re calling all our UC colleagues to show up on Tuesday at 2pm at the William J Rutter Center at UCSF (1675 Owens St., SF), where the Regents will be meeting to discuss the Trump "demand letter," for a rally to express our support for academic freedom, public education, and healthcare for all.

Trump wants UCLA to pay $1.2 billion to settle allegations it violated civil rights law. I took a look at the more than 7,300-word proposed UCLA settlement. Here's the detailed breakdown of Trump's plan to remake one of the nation's top public campuses: www.latimes.com/california/s...

Read more in @truthout.org: HELU is "focused on building coalitions of different types of workers on campus and working across the unions that represent higher ed workers." If we're battling quietly now, we're going to have to get loud, right? Are you in? truthout.org/articles/har...

“The fact that someone somewhere, protected by anonymity, has made allegations of this kind is apparently sufficient to forward the names to an office of the federal government that has demonstrated contempt for civil rights and established university procedures.” www.chronicle.com/article/when...

AAUP President Todd Wolfson discusses AAUP's legal work and the path ahead in the fight for higher education in our latest episode of AAUP Presents, "AAUP v. Rubio: The AAUP Takes the Trump Administration to Court." @proftwolf.bsky.social #DefendHigherEd

UC Berkeley gives the Trump admin the names of 160 faculty + students for a federal investigation into “alleged antisemitic incidents.” Judith Butler, one of the targeted scholars, tells me: "It is an enormous breach of trust... It's shocking. Did you consider not complying with this request?”

Dan Russell, president of UPTE, said his union’s top priority is “to address the system-wide crisis of recruitment and retention that is impacting research, education and healthcare that our members help provide across the state.” www.dailycal.org/news/uc/stat...

University of California researchers produce some of the most cutting edge science in the country, made possible by federal grants from NIH, NSF, DOE, and more. When are the Regents and UC President Milliken going to stand up against Trump’s draconian cuts? www.latimes.com/california/s...

UC-AFT is calling on UC to “hold the line” and take a stand against federal investigations and attacks on higher education.✊ @karodger.bsky.social @ucaft.bsky.social @uptecwa.bsky.social @uaw4811.bsky.social @afscme3299.bsky.social www.dailycal.org/news/uc/stat...

Cuts to NIH/DOE/NSF halt cancer trials, Alzheimer’s studies, and real treatments for real people. Join us at the UCLA science fair for canceled research to see what’s at stake. RSVP at bit.ly/canceled-res...

UC-AFT members! Join @nolanhigdon.bsky.social and Andrew Tonkovich for a discussion: “Who Owns the Future of Education? Tech Oligarchs, Data, and the War on Knowledge.” Hosted by the UC-AFT retiree chapter. Sept 18, 11a-12p. RSVP for the Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

ICE OUT OF OUR CITIES! UC-AFT condemns today’s Supreme Court decision that sanctions ICE’s racist profiling and violence in Los Angeles. We stand with the people of L.A. who continue to fight back and build solidarity in face of authoritarianism in their communities. @ucaftbayarea.bsky.social

CFT – A Union of Educators and Classified Professionals released the following statement today from President Jeff Freitas in response to the Supreme Court ruling in favor of Trump’s cruel and inhumane racial profiling-based detentions and arrests in Los Angeles:

“California lawmakers have repeatedly urged the UC system not to capitulate.” So if the Governor and California legislators have UC’s back, what exactly are the Regents doing in these secret negotiations? www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t... @ucaft.bsky.social

Members of UCLA’s chapter of @ucaft.bsky.social, in solidarity with union sibling Peyrin Kao at UC Berkeley on day 10 of his hunger strike for Gaza, will participate in a one-day solidarity fast for Gaza. Royce Quad Friday, Sept 5 at 1 pm

RPSP-UAW cited stagnant salaries, increased workloads and threats to job security as key reasons for unionizing, along with frustrations over what members described as “a lack of transparency in administrative decision-making.” www.dailycal.org/news/uc/in-l...

NEW: University of California President James B. Milliken warns that financial losses due to Trump funding cuts could go beyond UCLA to total billions of dollars. "The stakes are high and the risks are very real," he said this week in a letter obtained by The Times. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Research and public service professionals vote to form new UC union✊ dailybruin.com/2025/09/02/r...

UC-AFT Bay Area Chapter stands with our union sibling, Peyrin Kao, who is on a hunger strike in solidarity with the people of Gaza. Read the full statement: drive.google.com/file/d/1EBKE... @ucaft.bsky.social

Remember this: It was never about antisemitism. It has always been about taking control of higher ed institutions and bending them to the will of authoritarians. #DefendHigherEd

Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.

San Francisco is a union town. @cftunion.bsky.social @aft2121.bsky.social @ucaft.bsky.social #LaborDay #DefendHigherEd #WorkersOverBillionaires

We’re out here in San Francisco in solidarity. Union power for all.✊ @cftunion.bsky.social @ucaft.bsky.social #LaborDay #DefendHigherEd #WorkersOverBillionaires

TOMORROW! Workers Over Billionaires march and rally. Meet at 16th and Mission BART, San Francisco, 11am.✊ @cftunion.bsky.social @ucaft.bsky.social

For anniversary post caption/twitter thread: 25 years ago today, UC grad workers won recognition for the first-ever student worker union at UC—overcoming decades of admin opposition.

Kao is committing to a “starvation diet” of 250 calories a day — the average amount of nourishment available to Palestinians in Gaza, as reported by Oxfam in April 2024. www.dailycal.org/news/campus/...

Get ready for Labor Day  9:30 AM at 450 Golden Gate: Federal Employees Labor Day Rally buff.ly/sTqT5jd 11 AM at 16th & Mission: Labor Day Rally And March with SF Labor Council. Gather at the 16th & Mission & march to Dolores Park. buff.ly/ldw4a20