UMD admin, take notice: 1000 grads came out to our Majority March on Oct 1 to say that we're done playing by your rules. Negotiate with us now, or we WILL shut it down! Shout out to our allies @umdydsa.bsky.social @uam-umd.bsky.social MD/DC AFL-CIO and others for joining us!

"At least 200 red-clad members of UMD Graduate Labor Union participated in its Majority March for Union Recognition at the University of Maryland on Wednesday, demanding that the school recognize them and begin bargaining." https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/10/01/graduate-workers-union-rally/

UMD admin are still ignoring our democratic demand for union recognition while our working conditions are actively getting worse. On October 1st, 1-3PM, grad workers all across campus are marching to show that we’re not backing down – we want RECOGNITION NOW! RSVP here: forms.gle/jocuj9awDCtT...

The attack on student unions is an attack - in concert with Trump - on the better version of the university we are fighting for. Thank you for covering our and @hgsuuaw.bsky.social's contract campaigns against corporate universities.

UMD is once again stealing grad wages - 100+ grads across multiple colleges and departments are missing pay for their work this summer. Yesterday, we went to demand answers from admin and remind them that UMD works because we do and wage theft is illegal!

Congrats to Penn postdocs on winning their union! 🎉

"Organizing and building collective power together as international scholars is the best way for us to achieve a fairer workplace and less precarious lives." — @rapup-uaw.bsky.social www.thedp.com/article/2025...

The cynicism is appalling, even for Columbia. We call on our fellow workers in higher ed: sign the open letter to CU & pledge not to replace our labor. tinyurl.com/core-open-letter Let's fight together for more just and democratic workplaces for all

Columbia is replacing union labor as we negotiate a new contract. Admin is emailing other universities to recruit teachers, while refusing to reappoint returning SWC instructors, who still don't know if they will teach or get paid in September. This is textbook union busting

UC-AFT joins the call for the immediate release of Professor Jonathan Caravello, who was beaten and abducted by ICE on Thursday at a raid in Ventura County. @cfaunited.bsky.social

“These politically motivated attacks jeopardized medical and scientific progress and threatened the jobs of researchers studying climate change, renewable energy, cancer, viral pandemics, heart disease, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s,” said Brandon Mancilla, Director of @uawregion9a.bsky.social

What does 18,000+ brave signatories look like standing together in massive solidarity with the #NIH heroes of the historic Bethesda Declaration??... Find out by adding YOUR NAME to our #NIHLove letter here! - actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na... #StandUpForScience #BethesdaDeclaration #StopTrump

This isn’t just about David. It’s about the right to organize. The right to speak out. The right to be safe. The right to be treated like a human. From this rally in Chicago to actions across the country—we won’t back down. #FreeDavidEndRaids

"More than 300 staffers signed a letter to the NIH director urging him to stop politically motivated cuts and delays to research grants." @nihfellowsunited.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/09/m...

Read what two Postdocs have to say about Penn choosing to fight its own researchers forming a union in a recent op-ed in @inquirer.com www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm... .

Tell ACLU-D.C. executives to stop union busting! actionnetwork.org/letters/c70b...

Operational Student Employees at Western Washington University are ON STRIKE demanding union recognition and a fair contract. Support OSEs by joining the picket lines and contributing to the hardship fund! givebutter.com/WAWUOSE @uaw.org

“We’re asking for the same rights as our peers — basic working protections for the jobs we do that Western depends on, and that enables us to work our way through an undergraduate education which is getting harder and harder," said worker Mathew Woorden. www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/a...

We signed the letter featured in this article with our colleagues at UIUC, Stanford, Purdue, USC & others to call on our universities to reject the weaponization of "national security" to target Chinese academics. [1/4]

Today, NIH Fellows United and our colleagues walked out of NIH Director Jayanta Bhattacharya’s Town Hall. Dr. Bhattacharya's tenure at NIH has been marked with damaging cuts to NIH personnel and biomedical research funding.

A thread: NIH Fellows United is committed to showing up, even when leadership won’t. 🧪

BREAKING: Rümeysa, our union sister who was snatched by ICE, is free today. We stood up for our union family and demanded justice! When you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us. #4the1st ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

BREAKING: 1,600 post docs at Johns Hopkins University are unionizing with @UAW.

With a big coalition of UMD groups we're demanding UMD President Pines provide more communication and more support for our international students who are under attack by the government. Please sign on: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

“The Govt has not — & cannot — identify any rational connection between antisemitism & the medical, scientific, technological, & other research it has frozen that aims to save American lives, foster American success, preserve security, & maintain our position as a global leader in innovation.”

Now is the time to be even louder for Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Write Congress and tell them to bring our SMART Union brother home NOW!

We're co-sponsoring this webinar! Join us Tuesday for a crucial discussion on how the US-China rivalry fuels nativism & harms international academic workers—and how unions can build contracts and organize advocacy efforts that meet the moment and protect our peers

UPDATE: UMD intends to "do our very best to be responsive to the Federal inquiry", w no guarantee to protect our Chinese campus members. In addition to signing the petition, you can email UMD leaders and call out their compliance w this bad faith request for info: umd-glu.github.io/dontcomply.h...

On 3/19, UMD got a letter from a House committee asking for info on Chinese faculty/students and their research/funding. We expect this will be used to target our Chinese friends and colleagues under the pretense of "national security". Tell UMD: DON'T COMPLY! forms.gle/cnpvZB4GK7je... Thread:

On Monday, we attended the MD/DC AFL-CIO Union Night rally in Annapolis to share our story and connect with hundreds of fellow workers across the region! If you want to support us, tell the MD Senate Finance Committee to bring our bill for a vote: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Once again, we have a bill this year to grant grad workers at MD public universities collective bargaining rights, and once again, it's being held up in committee... You can tell @senbillferg.bsky.social and the Senate Finance Committee to act on our bill here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

We are fighting for the rights of ALL MD Public Higher Ed Faculty & librarians to collectively bargain! Can you take a sec & write to @senbillferg.bsky.social @govwesmoore.bsky.social & other legislators to ask them to support our bill for ALL faculty & librarians? actionnetwork.org/letters/md-p...

Come hang out and enjoy the beautiful weather with your fellow grads this Tuesday, 3-5PM in Tawes Plaza 🌞