Graduate Employees Union - MSU
@geuatmsu.org
We are the Graduate Employees Union, and we fight for the rights and well-being of our fellow graduate assistants at Michigan State University. Learn more at geuatmsu.org
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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
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
July 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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
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
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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.
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.
June 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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.
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.
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It’s giving Keystone Cops vibes…
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University of Michigan using undercover investigators to surveil student Gaza protesters
Revealed: security trailing students on and off campus as video shows investigator faking disability when confronted
www.theguardian.com
June 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
It’s giving Keystone Cops vibes…
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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...
Institutions Should Support Students Under Visa Threats with Legal Aid and Housing
In response to the Trump administration's recent actions subjecting more than one thousand international students to visa revocations or other involuntary changes to their immigration status, the AAUP...
www.aaup.org
May 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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...
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🗓️ 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/...
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/...
May 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
🗓️ 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/...
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/...
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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...
Monday, April 28!
@sfndhe.bsky.social
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
April 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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...
Monday, April 28!
@sfndhe.bsky.social
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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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. We spoke out. We’re not backing down.
#UnionStrong #highered #highereducationmatters
youtu.be
April 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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. We spoke out. We’re not backing down.
#UnionStrong #highered #highereducationmatters
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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.
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.
MSU faculty rally for academic freedom, international community - The State News
Nearly 100 Michigan State University faculty, staff and students took a stand against the federal government’s threats to higher education Thursday in a demonstration they expect to be the first of ma...
statenews.com
April 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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.
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.
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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
"Scholars Not Spies: Fighting for International Academic Workers’ Rights in an Era of Rising US-China Conflict"
4/22 webinar from Justice is Global and a host of higher ed unions.
4/22 webinar from Justice is Global and a host of higher ed unions.
RSVP: Scholars Not Spies: Fighting for International Academic Workers’ Rights in an Era of Rising US-China Conflict
This webinar brings together academic workers from across the country to speak about how the US-China rivalry fosters nativism and harms all international academic workers. It hopes to spark discussio...
actionnetwork.org
April 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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
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MSU labor unions are calling actions by the Trump Administration unreasonable, unscientific, and unethical.
Michigan State University labor unions rally to ‘stand up for higher education’
MSU labor unions are calling actions by the Trump Administration unreasonable, unscientific, and unethical. Today, the groups rallied for higher education and shared their message with News 10's Marz Anderson.
www.wilx.com
April 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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 😉 😚 😇
April 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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 😉 😚 😇
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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.
MSU faculty join call for Big Ten 'mutual defense compact' against Trump administration - The State News
Under the compact, participating institutions would “commit meaningful funding to a shared or distributed defense fund” that would “provide immediate and strategic support to any member institution under direct political or legal infringement," according to the faculty senate's resolution.
statenews.com
April 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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.
April 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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 ✊
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 ✊
April 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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!
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📣 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 ✊
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 ✊
April 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
📣 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 ✊
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 ✊
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See you out in the streets tomorrow.
Lots of ways to participate: in person, online, everywhere.
#defendhighered
@actioninhighered.bsky.social
@higheredlabor.bsky.social
Lots of ways to participate: in person, online, everywhere.
#defendhighered
@actioninhighered.bsky.social
@higheredlabor.bsky.social
Events — A National Day of Action for Higher Ed
Organize your April 17 Day of Action for Higher Education action now! You can also register for a virtual action. See you April 17!
www.dayofactionforhighered.org
April 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM
See you out in the streets tomorrow.
Lots of ways to participate: in person, online, everywhere.
#defendhighered
@actioninhighered.bsky.social
@higheredlabor.bsky.social
Lots of ways to participate: in person, online, everywhere.
#defendhighered
@actioninhighered.bsky.social
@higheredlabor.bsky.social
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🗞️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...
www.chronicle.com/article/thes...
These Faculty Senates Are Trying to Band Together to Stand Up to Trump
The idea of a compact among institutions is based on the idea that there’s strength in numbers, and it comes amid frustration that few presidents are speaking out against the administration’s actions ...
www.chronicle.com
April 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🗞️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...
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!
April 16, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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 👀
April 15, 2025 at 2:45 AM
🎨 See you again Thursday, GEU, UNTF, UTSF 👀
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“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
@veenadubal.bsky.social
Some foreign students fear speaking out as visa cancellations rise
International students say they are deleting social media, keeping their views to themselves and staying on campus to avoid being deported.
wapo.st
April 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
“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
@veenadubal.bsky.social
As seen in #Lansing - word is spreading about our rally to #standupforhighered on April 17
April 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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!
April 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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!
April 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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!
April 3, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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!
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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...
www.aaup.org/news/institu...
Institutions Should Not Provide Student and Faculty Info To Enable Deportations
In response to news reports that the Office for Civil Rights in the US Department of Education has requested the names and nationalities of students and faculty who may have been involved in alleged T...
www.aaup.org
April 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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...
www.aaup.org/news/institu...