UC-AFT is committed to defending our members and our community against ideological control tactics. We will fight first and foremost to strengthen and protect academic freedom as a policy and a principle at UC—and we call on each and every one of our members to join us. @ucaft.bsky.social

UC-AFT has filed a formal grievance, per our union contract, which protects all lecturers from unfair and unwarranted disciplinary action. We are confident that the grievance process will resolve in Peyrin and UC-AFT’s favor. @ucaft.bsky.social

We as a union believe that we have the right to be safe from scapegoating and punishment for our political questions, critiques, values, and beliefs, whether they show up in our conversations with students, on our clothing, or through our lived embodiment. @ucaft.bsky.social

We express our outrage at EVCP Benjamin Hermalin’s recommendation to suspend UC Berkeley lecturer Peyrin Kao for his free speech and expression. We call on Hermalin to immediately reverse it. Read the full letter from the UC-AFT Bay Area Chapter: ucaft.org/news/letter-... @ucaft.bsky.social

Solidarity with our colleagues at Preuss! www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/t...

Shameful response by UC Berkeley administration. www.dailycal.org/news/campus/...

You may have heard that Trump’s extortion of University of California was defeated in court. But do you know who won this historic case? Spoiler: not a single UC administrator participated. It was all faculty members of the UC Faculty Associations and @aaup.org! Cc: @veenadubal.bsky.social

Our legal victory in AAUP v. Trump ensures that the Trump administration cannot use civil rights laws to pull federal research funds from universities, which undermines our 1st and 10th amendment rights. AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal explains why this is a major victory for higher ed workers.

UC-AFT stands with UC unions and faculty in demanding the dropping of legal and disciplinary charges against students this week. Read the letter: drive.google.com/file/d/1WGmS... @teamsterslocal2010.bsky.social @uaw4811.bsky.social @afscme3299.bsky.social @uptecwa.bsky.social @uc-faculty.bsky.social

Four UCLA undergrads were arrested on Tuesday while exercising their right to support @afscme3299.bsky.social’s picketed strike. We demand all charges be dropped.

Solidarity with 40,000 UAW workers across the University of California fighting for fair contracts! ✊ Here’s a scene from Berkeley’s rally today. @uaw4811.bsky.social @rpsp-uaw.bsky.social SSAP-UAW

📣TOMORROW @ 4PM 📣 UC Academic Student Employees and UAW-represented research and advising staff are rallying at every campus to demand a fair contract. Join us – our rights and our future are on the line.

“Students, faculty, and staff are the ones stepping up to defend their institutions and higher education, while administrators run for cover.” -- @proftwolf.bsky.social on the what the AAUP v. Trump win means for the University of California.✊ @aaup.org @ucaft.bsky.social @uc-faculty.bsky.social

In one hour! 🔥

AAUP TV — WEDS, NOV 19 @ 7 PM ET! Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel, and Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, will discuss the historic victory in AAUP v. Trump and what it means for the UC system & higher ed! @proftwolf.bsky.social @veenadubal.bsky.social Tune in on IG or YouTube (link in thread)!

WE JUST KEEP WINNING. (UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program RESTORED!!!!)

we fucking won y’all not UC - workers and their unions and students standing together so grateful for time our brilliant colleagues like Veena put into this and for the solidarity of my @ucaft.bsky.social and @uclafa.bsky.social

Judge blocks Trump administration push to fine UCLA $1.2 billion for alleged antisemitism

A federal judge ruled Donald Trump cannot demand that UCLA pay a $1.2 billion settlement that would have restricted academic freedoms. bit.ly/3JV8Cbg 📝 @mzinshteyn.bsky.social 📸 Jules Hotz

BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!! We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org

Solidarity with our siblings at @afscme3299.bsky.social as they strike for a fair contract on Nov 17 and 18! ✊ @calnurses.bsky.social is joining in a sympathy strike. Check out the statewide picket locations below.

UPTE members: make your voice heard! Your bargaining team unanimously recommends a YES vote on our tentative agreement with UC. Voting ends Thu, Nov 20. A YES means implementing these gains ASAP. Vote YES to ratify: upte.org/vote #UC #ResetUCPriorities #UnionStrong

UC Santa Cruz has quietly but abruptly terminated Dr. Rebecca Hernandez, the University’s first Community Archivist and shuttered its Community Archiving Program. Sign the petition demanding that UCSC continue to fully fund the Program and Dr. Hernandez’s position. actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...

Take Action Now! Urge Governor Newsom to step up pressure on UCOP and the Regents. UC must not capitulate to Trump’s extortion demands! actionnetwork.org/letters/urge...

Our tentative agreement is a major victory for UPTE members across the University of California system and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. #UC #ResetUCPriorities #LBNL #BerkeleyLab

Tell UCOP and the Regents Not to Negotiate! Sign the action now: cucfa.solidarity.tech/tell-ucop-an... @uc-faculty.bsky.social @aaup.org @ucaft.bsky.social

Hey @ucaft.bsky.social teaching faculty! Be sure to join the Fall Bargaining Summit on Fri, Nov 14, 12p, Zoom. Together we will discuss the pillars that will guide our contract campaign and how we can build collective power on campus this fall. RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Trump is demanding $1.2B from UCLA and UC leadership won't fight back or tell the public that they are negotiating in secret. Write to the Board of Regents and UC Office of the President (UCOP) demanding No Negotiation with Trump. cucfa.solidarity.tech/tell-ucop-an...

Hell yes let’s gooooooo @ucaft.bsky.social

UC nurses are joining our union siblings at @afscme3299.bsky.social and @uptecwa.bsky.social for a sympathy strike on Nov. 17 & 18. We stand united against UC's attempts to cut corners and deprive our coworkers of fair contracts. If you take on one of us, you take on all of us!

More than 60 California professors say they are suppressing their own work due to Trump's looming threats over UC. The chill is affecting students 7 medical patients alike. "The purpose is censorship," said Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel & UC Irvine professor. @veenadubal.bsky.social

Following the successful faculty association lawsuit, the UC admininstration was forced to release Trump’s extortionist demands of UCLA. Now is the time to tell President Milliken and the UC Regents to refuse any concessions. Sign it: actionnetwork.org/letters/hold... @uc-faculty.bsky.social

Calling all UC-AFT lecturers: Join the November 14 Fall Bargaining Summit on Zoom. We’ll be discussing our contract pillars and building collective power as we move toward bargaining. RSVP now! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

UCLA faculty rally against Trump administration’s settlement demands dailybruin.com/2025/10/28/u... @uclafa.bsky.social @uc-faculty.bsky.social

So, @uofcalifornia.bsky.social's fancy new $175+ million hotel is sure to help address the staffing issues hindering our research, delaying care to our patients, and enhancing the academic environment of our students, right? 😑

Today, we rallied at the Residence Inn by Marriott Berkeley to call out UC’s $175.8 million hotel splurge. UPTE members and allies showed up to say: fund people, not luxury hotels. That’s not public service—that’s a broken priority list. UC must reset its priorities. #UC #UnionStrong

“Our working conditions could be directly impacted by this proposal, and we wanted to understand exactly how.” - @lucecaroline.bsky.social laist.com/news/educati...

The Trump administration has demanded, among other things, that UCLA not enroll “foreign students likely to engage in anti-Western, anti-American, or antisemitic disruptions or harassment.”

Who is Marc Rowan? Higher Ed Loyalty Oath and How We Fight Back Th, Oct 30, 7pm ET Billionaire Marc Rowan, CEO of Apollo Global, is key author of the Trump admin's compact for higher ed—a loyalty oath. Open to AAUP and AFT members, higher ed and healthcare workers, union members, student groups.

The UC had to be compelled by the Supreme Court of California to release this proposal, the culmination of a lawsuit filed by @uc-faculty.bsky.social. Now the public gets to see the absolute extortionist tactics the Trump administaration is posing to UCLA. www.dailycal.org/news/uc/uc-r...

At a planned rally today at UCLA, faculty associations of UCLA and the wider UC are taking a victory lap and urging Gov. Newsom to join their fight against President Donald Trump’s demands for a $1.2-billion settlement with the renowned public university. bit.ly/48KnvXW 📸 Raquel Natalicchio

Hey academic #LibraryWorkers: Join us next week (11/5 at 4pmPT) for another Library Workers Organizing Meeting & Strategy Session hosted byt @higheredlabor.bsky.social us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Let's collectively fight for better libraries!

At long last, after costly litigation in which UCOP refused to make public the Trump demand letter to UCLA — here it is!!! Many thanks to CUCFA for their appeal of the PRA denial. Here is to shared governance and academic freedom! @aaup ucop.edu/communicatio...

BREAKING: The California Supreme Court has DENIED the University of California's request that it block the release of a 28-page, $1.2-billion fine Trump administration UCLA settlement offer. UC is required to give a faculty group the document today. www.latimes.com/california/s...

NEW: The CA Supreme Court rejected the University of California's appeal to block a ruling forcing the UC to share the Trump settlement demand of $1.2 billion. UC faculty sued to have the letter released in an effort to make it public. To date we've known limited elements of what Trump seeks.

“For many years, I thought we didn’t need a union,” says Walter Leal, a professor of molecular and cellular biology at UC Davis. “Now, I believe the only way out is if we’re effectively unionized, which is a very dramatic change.” www.science.org/content/arti... @uc-faculty.bsky.social