What? The WaPo editorial board is now a bastion of conservatism and misleads its readers on collective bargaining in VA? We @aaup.org know the truth...Workers deserve the right to bargain for better working conditions everywhere. @aaupmason.bsky.social vadogwood.com/2026/03/31/o...

We should probably talk more about how deeply the tentacles of neoliberalism have penetrated higher education. Of course scholars do research in the summer, but this administrative language of ever-increasing productivity is, to be technical about it, icky and alienating

So proud of @aaupmason.bsky.social for its work this session to advance collective bargaining. Still gobsmacked by lawmakers who don’t seem to understand how bad working conditions are…Asking @abigailspanberger.com to amend the bill, help us fight back! www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

“Higher ed workers & students together are becoming a new political force in our society.” —Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

"If you want a strong university that can protect itself against political attacks, you want a strong faculty... And that means collective bargaining." –Tim Gibson, Virginia AAUP President @aaupvirginia.bsky.social

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@abigailspanberger.com: amend VA's collective bargaining bill to include faculty & grad workers. "If you want a strong university that can protect itself against political attacks...that means collective bargaining." — @tim-gibson.bsky.social , @aaupmason.bsky.social & @aaupvirginia.bsky.social

Our members deserve a voice at their workplace and the only way to do it is through collective bargaining. @aaup.org www.whro.org/2026-03-17/g...

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Governor Spanberger has the ability to amend the bill & add professors & graduate students, allowing them to engage in collective bargaining. She has four weeks to make a decision, & then the General Assembly will consider any changes she proposes in April.

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“The VA General Assembly voted to give over half a million public sector workers collective bargaining rights. But not me. I'm an adjunct faculty member who was just left behind to endure the exploitation of higher education.” @abigailspanberger.com, please correct course & add us back in.

As the great Houston Oilers coach once said, this year we knocked on the door. Next year, we'll kick the door in! We won't stop until all faculty and graduate workers have collective bargaining rights and the protection of a union.

Oscar-winner Ryan Coogler recalling how a college writing professor pushed him to become a screenwriter & the possibility of #Sinners being taught in film curriculums someday: “I have so much respect for professors…for dedicating their life to future generations & making sure their minds are solid.”

As the great Houston Oilers coach once said, this year we knocked on the door. Next year, we'll kick the door in! We won't stop until all faculty and graduate workers have collective bargaining rights and the protection of a union.

Whenever universities are attacked, faculty and students rise to its defense. Collective bargaining gives us the power we need to repel the Trump admin's bid to bring higher ed under his control. Help us save our universities! @vademocrats.bsky.social @abigailspanberger.com

The growth of access to higher ed in the 50s & 60s aimed to produce “a well-informed & democratic citizenry, w/ people who understand the need to participate in society.” The Heritage Foundation is attempting to reverse this. Fighting back is essential, & requires using every means possible.

Home care workers need CB rights ✊ Higher education workers need CB rights ✊ ALL state workers need collective bargaining rights ✊ @vademocrats.bsky.social @abigailspanberger.com Don't cut us out!!

We ❤️ @aaup.org We ❤️ faculty and student power We ❤️ the university and its mission We NEED collective bargaining rights to protect our campuses from Trump's ideological attacks! @abigailspanberger.com @vademocrats.bsky.social

🚨Mason Nation! Sign the petition!🚨 Who cares about the university? Faculty and students! If you want a university that focuses on the MISSION and not politics, empower faculty and students. This means collective bargaining rights for all! @vasenatedems.bsky.social @abigailspanberger.com

Reinstate the Fired Six at VSU! Six tenured & tenure track faculty members were abruptly fired at Virginia State University without cause or any semblance of due process. Sign this petition to demand their reinstatement & a public commitment from VSU to honor tenure & end arbitrary dismissals.

Virginia campus workers rally to end union restrictions rooted in Jim Crow: vadogwood.com/2026/01/22/v...

photos.app.goo.gl/EHqciRWug6sL... I say “union”, you say, “now”! UNION NOW! @donscott757.bsky.social @ssurovell.bsky.social @aft.org @aaup.org @ucwva.bsky.social @aaupmason.bsky.social

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@goldenstatewarrior.bsky.social's Coach Steve Kerr is standing up for campus freedom! Coaches across the nation launched a letter campaign calling on elected officials to keep political interference out of our colleges and universities. We can't have college sports without academic freedom.

Don't cut us out! Collective bargaining NOW for all state workers in Virginia, including the hard working teachers, researchers, grad students, staff, and wage workers who make our public higher ed system the best in the world! @vasenatedems.bsky.social @donscott757.bsky.social

The far right's new politicized higher ed accreditor is illegitimate. "Rather than protecting educational quality, the CPHE appears designed to give partisan political actors a powerful new tool to pressure universities to conform to a narrow ideological agenda" — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

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Don't kick us out of Collective Bargaining! @abigailspanberger.com @donscott757.bsky.social Give higher ed workers a chance to build a better higher ed system for our students, our workers, and all of VA! @aaup.org @aft.org @aaupmason.bsky.social @ucwva.bsky.social @unitehere.org @seiu.org

The AAUP's core mission. We stay busy.

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Collective bargaining means stronger families, stronger communities, and a stronger VA economy. We need a CB bill that includes ALL workers, including higher education AND home health care workers. Faculty need CB too - read: drive.google.com/file/d/1ItRS...

Collective bargaining means stronger families, stronger communities, and a stronger VA economy. We need a CB bill that includes ALL workers, including higher education AND home health care workers. Faculty need CB too - read: drive.google.com/file/d/1ItRS...

Today, the VSU Fired Six brought the fight to the Virginia Capitol to advocate for higher ed workers to be included in collective bargaining legislation so that VA workers can be empowered to negotiate for workplace protections so illegal terminations without due process end. #reinstatethefiredsix

Collective bargaining for faculty = fair treatment = job security = protection from political interference = a fearless faculty pursuing the truth = a world-class education for Virginia's students 💯💯💯 @donscott757.bsky.social @vasenatedems.bsky.social @vademocrats.bsky.social

Stand with the VSU Fired Six!!!

Collective bargaining for all state workers, including higher ed and home health care workers! Leave no one behind! @vademocrats.bsky.social @vasenatedems.bsky.social @donscott757.bsky.social

RIGHT NOW: The VSU ‘Fired Six’ are standing w/ the Virginia Public Sector Labor Coalition calling for all public service workers, including higher ed & home care workers, to be included in historic collective bargaining legislation being debated at the Virginia General Assembly. ✊🏾✊🏽✊🏻 #academicsky

This is a victory for all who care about higher education in North Carolina that happened to come one day after @ncaaup.bsky.social VP Abigail Hatcher’s op ed was published in @ncnewsline.com & NC AAUP packed the UNC System Board of Governors meeting. Coincidence? 🤔 When We Fight, We Win!

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TYSM @ltgovhashmi for speaking up for collective bargaining rights at W&M! Your support for higher ed workers to be included in the state collective bargaining bill is AMAZING! @AAUP @ProfTWolf @VASenateDems @VAHouseDems @Virginia_AFLCIO @UCWVA @unitehere @SEIU_Virginia youtu.be/6wrwxkE22O8?...

🚨 @SpeakerDonScott @VAHouseDems Well over half of VA profs are untenured and many struggle to pay the bills. This is 2x true for our adjunct profs. As Prof Letiecq says, our working conditions are our students' learning conditions! When we struggle, they struggle. We need collective bargaining NOW!

“The court was explicit that the administration cannot ban all diversity, equity and inclusion. It needs to be bound by the existing law, not the Trump administration’s fantasy of the law.” —Aaron Nisenson, AAUP Senior Counsel

We will fight this Virginia State. Your treatment of these faculty was reprehensible. We love our HBCUs, but @aaup.org & @aft.org will not stand for disrespectful treatment of members! Solidarity @ucwva.bsky.social ❤️ www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

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“Treating me like a criminal, walking me off campus … and saying ‘Go away, and don’t come back,’ that hurts.” —Dr. Harbans Bhardwaj, full tenured professor w/ 34 years at Virginia State University, who was abruptly fired without cause, due process, or any explanation. #reinstatethefiredsix

University workers are reaching a breaking point re collective bargaining. Virginia must take steps to reverse years of anti-union laws. Without a strong and democratic voice, the decisions made by administrators re pay, workload, + academic freedom fall short of creating a fair [email protected]