📣 Join us tomorrow, 🗓️ Nov 7, at 12 p.m. for this important discussion. RSVP: loom.ly/JEheEg8

It was a momentus election night in the tristate area! Congrats to the new Governor of New Jersey, Mikie Sherrill, and to everyone who helped canvas. We hope this win will bring a better future for the Rutgers community and New Jersey.

Join our panel discussion on academic freedom and free speech, featuring speakers from campuses in NJ, Texas, and NY that are seeing the crackdown on basic democratic rights firsthand. “Fighting for Our Right to Teach and Learn” will take place Friday, Nov 7, at noon. RSVP: https://loom.ly/JEheEg8

⏰ 🚨REMINDER: 🗓️ Tomorrow is Voting Day! 📮 This election will have huge impacts for Rutgers, ours students and workers, and all of the New Jersey. Be sure to vote! ✊ #mikiesherrill

📢 TONIGHT! See you on Zoom! loom.ly/jVe7SHI

Rutgers faculty unions along with other unions here at Rutgers, throughout New Jersey, & beyond support Mark Bray & the rights of students & faculty to academic freedom & freedom of speech. aftnewjersey.bsky.social teamnjea.bsky.social @psc-cuny.org @ruaaup-ptl.bsky.social

🏛️ 📣 TOMORROW Thursday, 10/30 for our next weekly joint-union virtual town hall! This week we'll be talking about Academic Freedom. Join us! https://loom.ly/jVe7SHI

📣 TOMORROW Thursday, 10/30 for our next weekly joint-union virtual town hall! This week we'll be talking about Academic Freedom. Join us!

We at the RU faculty unions along with other NJ unions stand in support of Mark Bray and the rights of our students and faculty to academic freedom and freedom of speech. See our statement and the list of signatories attached. aftnewjersey.bsky.social teamnjea.bsky.social ruaaup-ptl.bsky.social

Public universities that sign onto Trump's "Loyalty Oath" will violate the constitutional rights of their students.🤯 AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal breaks down why in this clip from our recent AAUP TV update. @veenadubal.bsky.social #DefendHigherEd

📣 Calling all Rutgers union members! Come to a Coalition of Rutgers Unions Health Care Clinic this week to learn how to avoid large cost increases coming in many state health care plans on January 1st. See the dates and register here: https://loom.ly/pcCw9Wk

Join us in the fight

Here’s the AAUP letter with CUCFA demanding UCOP stand down on the surveillance software mandate: cucfa.org/2025/10/lett... big thanks to @gleemie.bsky.social !!

UC faculty and the @aaup.org demand the end of mandatory surveillance software use across the UC system. The future belongs to people, not to big brother! www.science.org/content/arti...

📣 Today, Friday 10/24, at 3pm we will have the last of this run of Health Care Clinics! Come find out how to best avoid the large cost increases coming January 1st to many plans!

Faculty, students & staff are joining together to defend & advance higher education on 11/7. Plan your action & register it here: docs.google.com/.../1bhu9QLt.... This event is in collaboration with studentsriseup.org @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social @aaup.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social @aft.org

🏛️ 📣 Our first in a series of weekly town hall sessions is tonight! Join us! These will be open sessions to learn about what's going on and speak on issues important to you with your elected union leaders. https://loom.ly/jVe7SHI https://loom.ly/jVe7SHI

The Executive Council of the Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the rank-and-file members of the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union have voted to endorse Representative Mikie Sherrill for New Jersey Governor. Make sure you have a plan to vote in this critical election: https://loom.ly/Z9StaXs

TONIGHT!!

Today's first session starts at 10AM - in 20 minutes! Come learn how to avoid large cost increases coming January 1st to many Rutgers employees' state health care plans!

More reasons to vote for @mikiesherrill.bsky.social. @ruaaup-ptl.bsky.social @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social @aft.org

There are two sessions tomorrow, Tuesday, 10/21 at 10AM and 2PM. Sign up today to learn how to make the best choice for you with the coming healthcare benefit changes.

ICYMI 🗞️ Read of the Day "What's most concerning is the goal of it, which is seizing control of universities & putting them in the hands of the government..."–RUAAUP-AFT President Rebecca Givan @rkgwork.bsky.social on the Trump loyalty oath. #rutgersthedailytargum www.dailytargum.com/article/unio...

Our unions are organizing contingents at three of the upcoming #NoKings demonstrations on Saturday, October 18. RSVP if you’re going so we can get organized!: https://loom.ly/5Oxh6-8#NoKings

Teach-In today at 2pm! us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

UPDATE: 4 Down 5 to Go Who’s Next? When students, faculty, & our communities are united, nothing can stop us. Join us for our national teach in on the growing resistance movement to Trump’s ‘Loyalty Oath’ Compact today at 2PM ET: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #DefendHigherEd

Calling all Rutgers union members! Come to a Coalition of Rutgers Unions Health Care Clinic this week or next week to learn how to avoid large cost increases coming in many state health care plans. See the dates and register here: https://loom.ly/pcCw9Wk or visit the link in our bio.

Our unions are organizing contingents at three of the upcoming #NoKings demonstrations on Saturday, October 18. RSVP if you’re going so we can get organized!: https://loom.ly/5Oxh6-8#NoKings

Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @keeanga.bsky.social, and @astra.bsky.social for a town hall on the Trump administration's authoritarian war on the Left, hosted w/ @hammerandhope.bsky.social. Tuesday, October 14th at 6:00 PM ET RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

Solidarity ask! Members who are also part of the Actors' Equity Association and American Federation of Musicians Local 802 are currently fighting for a fair contract. We stand in solidarity with the actors, stage managers, and musicians who make Broadway run! ✏️Sign here: https://loom.ly/orQgClI

Read of the day: “Turning Point USA is targeting a Rutgers faculty member for doing his job — in this case, researching the history of postwar anti-fascist movements and writing about them,” [Rutgers AAUP-AFT President] Givan said. https://loom.ly/1rQW_J8

This week, our colleague Dr. Mark Bray came under attack by Turning Point USA’s Rutgers chapter for his public scholarship. Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union condemn this campaign and stand in solidarity with our colleagues. Read our full statement here: https://loom.ly/BDXasRY

Thank you for your solidarity, fellow members of @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social !!

Avoid healthcare premium increases! Come to a Coalition of Rutgers Unions town hall tomorrow 10/7 at 6:30pm to learn how to avoid large cost increases coming in many state health care plans. Click here to register for the Zoom link: https://loom.ly/roa1s8g

🗞️📰 “Our unions and associations are fighting for our rights, while higher ed institutions are failing to do so. It’s a sad state of affairs when a ruling that merely affirms all of our First Amendment rights feels like a tremendous victory.” https://loom.ly/6yyJw-k

The Trump administration is trying to blackmail higher ed so they can dictate what schools teach, who they admit and hire, what researchers study, and who's able to be safe at school. Sign on to this petition to reject Trump's "Loyalty Oath" compact! https://loom.ly/GGoLaDI

The Trump administration’s attempt to deport students for their political views is an assault on the Constitution and a betrayal of American values. @knightcolumbia.org, @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social Harvard & NYU AAUP, MESA & @aaup.org. All praise to @veenadubal.bsky.social

📰Read of the day🗞️ “If the First Amendment means anything, it’s that the government cannot imprison you because it doesn’t like the speech that you have engaged in, and this decision is really welcome because it reaffirms that basic idea[...]” Read here: https://loom.ly/GjFfp48

NEW: A federal judge excoriated Trump in a blistering decision calling the president's efforts to deport pro-Palestinian academics illegal.

BREAKING: WE WON!!! 💥 💥 💥 Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment. Full ruling here:

The ruling itself is remarkable, but it closes with something I've never seen: a 12-page assessment of Trump himself as an ignorant bully, braggart and threat to free speech and the republic writ-large. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

An enormous legal victory for @aaup.org, MESA, and the Rutgers, NYU, and Harvard chapters of AAUP, in a case that Judge Young describes as "perhaps the most important ever to fall within the jurisdiction of this district court."

📰📢Breaking News! In landmark ruling, federal court says Trump administration violated first amendment by deporting foreign citizens for pro-Palestinian advocacy. Our union is one of the plaintiffs in this case. https://loom.ly/zGJYyRU

The Department of Defense is banning books, changing lesson plans, and canceling history month celebrations in schools on military bases to comply with President Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders. Congress must act now and protect the right to learn.

Tomorrow at 7:30pm! ✊📣 YOU are the union! Join us 9/30 for an all-union Town hall. We can overcome the challenges we face & win a strong new contract if we ALL get involved. We'll discuss the path forward & what we need to do to safeguard & build on what we won in 2023.✊ Register: loom.ly/2A_cWC8

📣 📰 A little good 🗞️ for today: “This has been a unifying moment for free speech and democratic rights, not only here in San Marcos, across Texas, but across the entire country." loom.ly/zowrql0

Lovely coverage of my India book over the weekend. www.deccanherald.com/features/boo...

✊📣 YOU are the union! Join us 9/30 for an all-union Town hall. We can overcome the challenges we face and win a strong new contract if we ALL get involved. We'll discuss the path forward & what we need to do to safeguard & build on what we won in 2023.✊ Register: https://loom.ly/2A_cWC8

Calling all Rutgers postdocs!📢 We are holding listening sessions for postdocs to get to know your union. What would make your life as a Rutgers postdoc better? Let's fight for it in the next contract! Visit our events page to RSVP: https://rutgersaaup.org/events/