Join GEU, UNTF, and @utsfmsu.bsky.social at the Board of Trustees meeting on 12/12 9-11 AM to fight for Academic Freedom! #msu #michiganstate #academicfreedom #freedomofspeech #union #gradstudent

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

Duke AAUP is standing up against Duke's preemptive layoffs. We call on Duke University and its board of trustees to immediately halt the separation process and layoff plans until faculty and staff representatives can be fully involved in any decision process that would impact Duke’s mission.

It’s giving Keystone Cops vibes… 👀

If your university is claiming it can't support noncitizen students for legal reasons, see this new legal analysis out from @aaup.bsky.social. www.aaup.org/news/institu...

🗓️ Stewards' Workshop, Wednesday, 5/28: Shop stewards are the face of the union for most members, who rely on them for questions on the job and handling complicated grievances. Stewards can strengthen the union by bringing in those members! Sign up: labornotes.org/events/2025/...

Register below for the first in a series of panel discussions co-sponsored by Scholars for a New Deal in Higher Ed, the Critical Legal Collective, & the AAUP’s Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom. Monday, April 28! @sfndhe.bsky.social us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

On the National Day of Action, we rallied with @untf-msu.bsky.social and @geuatmsu.org to defend higher education. We showed up. We spoke out. We’re not backing down. #UnionStrong #highered #highereducationmatters

We showed up for higher ed. Now it's time for administration to show up for us. Faculty and administration want the same thing: defend higher education. But that begins with recognizing our union. Read more about the rally --and why we're still waiting.

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

MSU labor unions are calling actions by the Trump Administration unreasonable, unscientific, and unethical.

OMG we were so busy planning our rally for the #dayofactionforhighered that we forgot to celebrate #gradstudentappreciationweek - oh well, GEU appreciates grad workers every day 😉 😚 😇

Faculty at Michigan State University have become the latest in the Big Ten to urge conference leaders to create a "mutual defense compact" against the Trump administration amid its aggressive campaign to reshape higher education in its image.

Today GEU stood with members of @untf-msu.bsky.social, @utsfmsu.bsky.social, undergraduate students, retired faculty, and other community members for our academic freedom, our colleagues, and our students.

Today‘s the day 😎 A lovely spring day to stand up for our communities, research, and teaching 🌤️ Perfect weather to call for commitments and protections from our institutions 📢 See you all at 3pm in front of Hannah Administration Bldg, or wear red wherever you are!

📣 Stand Up for Higher Ed 📣 Join @utsfmsu.bsky.social , @untf-msu.bsky.social, and @geuatmsu.org as we rally to defend academic freedom, protect the right to protest, and speak out against political interference in our universities ✊

See you out in the streets tomorrow. Lots of ways to participate: in person, online, everywhere. #defendhighered @actioninhighered.bsky.social @higheredlabor.bsky.social

🗞️Coverage of the Four senate bodies—at Rutgers, the U Nebraska at Lincoln, the Indiana U at Bloomington, & the U of Massachusetts at Amherst that have passed “mutual-defense compacts” resolutions & the others that are considering doing so in the coming weeks. www.chronicle.com/article/thes...

Inspiring to see all of the events planned for April 17 #dayofactionforhighered - from Know Your Rights trainings, rallies, and workshops. Honored to join in solidarity with @utsfmsu.bsky.social and @utsfmsu.bsky.social to stand up for our communities, teaching, and research ✊❤️🪧 See you there!

🎨 See you again Thursday, GEU, UNTF, UTSF 👀

“The feeling is that everyone could potentially be targeted, creating an extraordinary chilling impact across the U.S.,” said Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel. @veenadubal.bsky.social

As seen in #Lansing - word is spreading about our rally to #standupforhighered on April 17

GEU joins @untf-msu.bsky.social and @utsfmsu.bsky.social next Thursday, April 17 at 3pm to #standupforhighered at MSU. We join our fellow higher ed unions across the US in calling upon our institutions to protect academic freedom, open discourse, funding, and international communities!

Join GEU on 8 April between 5:30 and 7:30 in MSU's STEM Building. We're changing our originally planned GMM to a town hall on organizing around vulnerable community members and planning for our upcoming rally with @untf-msu.bsky.social and @utsfmsu.bsky.social!

If you're in the Lansing area, you have a great opportunity to learn some local labor history this week. Check out "The UAW's Golden Age?: Looking Back at Autoworkers in the 1950s" Thursday, April 3 at 6pm at the R.E. Olds Transportation Museum in Lansing, MI!

In response to reports that OCR is requesting names and nationalities of people who may have been involved in alleged Title VI violations, the AAUP has written college general counsels to clarify that they are under no legal compulsion to comply and should NOT comply www.aaup.org/news/institu...

Take a break from the second-half-of-semester rush with us at Thursday's game night 🎮 Join GEU on Thursday, March 20th from 6 to 9p in MSU Main Library's Digital Media Center (4th Floor) 🎲 for games 🃏 snacks 🍕 and drinks🥤No RSVP necessary - see you there!

For any Marylanders out there, tell your state senate you care about labor rights for graduate workers!!!

GEU membership will join workers from GEO (UMich) at the Michigan Capitol in Lansing tomorrow, Friday March 7 from 12-4 for a local #StandUpforScience event - JOIN US! www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...

✍️ Organizer training this Friday (March 7) from 5:00 to 6:30, online and in-person options! Food, drinks 🍕 🥤provided for in-person attendees. If you're an MSU grad worker looking to learn more about organizing conversations, join us! RSVP: forms.gle/Mr73S9S4AanJ... Contact: [email protected]

"He started saying, 'But we still have our values,' & we're like 'Um, No.' We laughed at him. That took him off his game." - Ohio State AAUP President Pranav Jani on confronting President Ted Carter Jr. while he announced the school's elimination of DEI programs. www.thelantern.com/2025/02/we-l...

Excited that our MSU Extension colleagues voted to unionize with UNTF/AFT Local 1855 🗳️✅

What dates in your life are important to you? TAs at MSU are given up to two Personal Observance Days per school year, thanks to the tireless work of grad student organizers. Read more in our contract MOU: geuatmsu.org/about/geu-co...

This Valentines Day, get your sweetheart what they really want: workers’ rights and labor protections 😍 Join and support unions!

GEU stands in solidarity with the 1000s of international students at MSU. We believe your presence enriches the lives of those on campus and the broader community. Meanwhile, MSU administration capitulates under the slightest pressure when their salary is on the line. statenews.com/article/2025...