RIC/AFT Local 1819
@ricaft.bsky.social
We are the union of Rhode Island College full-time faculty.
It's time we ensured that all workers have the right to collectively bargain, regardless of where we live. Solidarity means collective action, not sympathy.
Can those of us in TN expect our friends in blue states, who are safely wrapped in strong unions and job protections, and previously very into writing op-eds about "being in community” and “solidarity” - to rediscover their keyboards for another OpEd?
Can't wait to read that next one....
Can't wait to read that next one....
February 8, 2026 at 2:20 AM
It's time we ensured that all workers have the right to collectively bargain, regardless of where we live. Solidarity means collective action, not sympathy.
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Recordings of class, other than those done as disability accommodations & kept for only personal use, should be understood as violations of intellectual property law just as recordings of live theatre are. It's time we changed the law to protect faculty intellectual property.
"I agree this thing is bad, but what about this other bad thing?"
I think students secretly recording class should be kicked out of class. (For one thing, it's a privacy violation of the other students.) And yes, it's authoritarian - old school McCarthyism.
Now, do we agree both things are bad?
I think students secretly recording class should be kicked out of class. (For one thing, it's a privacy violation of the other students.) And yes, it's authoritarian - old school McCarthyism.
Now, do we agree both things are bad?
If students shouting down campus speakers is authoritarian, what is students secretly recording professors and getting them added to the Dangerous Professor List so they get harassed, threatened, and/or fired?
January 31, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Recordings of class, other than those done as disability accommodations & kept for only personal use, should be understood as violations of intellectual property law just as recordings of live theatre are. It's time we changed the law to protect faculty intellectual property.
URI doesn't have urban police stationed close to campus. & by the way, the Brown shooting shows that armed police don't solve the problem of campus violence. Our students already have to fear being shot by ICE agents; they should not have to fear getting shot by the people we pay to keep them safe.
For those curious, URI
has been doing this since 2014.
Background from when I covered this issue for the RIC school paper back in my collegiate days - www.anchorweb.org/post/lawmake...
has been doing this since 2014.
Background from when I covered this issue for the RIC school paper back in my collegiate days - www.anchorweb.org/post/lawmake...
January 10, 2026 at 2:08 AM
URI doesn't have urban police stationed close to campus. & by the way, the Brown shooting shows that armed police don't solve the problem of campus violence. Our students already have to fear being shot by ICE agents; they should not have to fear getting shot by the people we pay to keep them safe.
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There are no words. May all those impacted by the violence of the past day experience a complete healing of body and spirit, and may we find a path forward in which our children do not have to live in fear of bullets.
December 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
There are no words. May all those impacted by the violence of the past day experience a complete healing of body and spirit, and may we find a path forward in which our children do not have to live in fear of bullets.
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Giving Tuesday is coming up fast (12/2) and FAST Fund RIC needs your help. Donate now: givebutter.com/RhodeIslandC...
Don't let an overdue car insurance bill or a broken laptop stop a student at Rhode Island College from earning their degree.
#BelieveinStudents #GivingTuesday #FASTFund
Don't let an overdue car insurance bill or a broken laptop stop a student at Rhode Island College from earning their degree.
#BelieveinStudents #GivingTuesday #FASTFund
Rhode Island College
FAST Fund
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November 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Giving Tuesday is coming up fast (12/2) and FAST Fund RIC needs your help. Donate now: givebutter.com/RhodeIslandC...
Don't let an overdue car insurance bill or a broken laptop stop a student at Rhode Island College from earning their degree.
#BelieveinStudents #GivingTuesday #FASTFund
Don't let an overdue car insurance bill or a broken laptop stop a student at Rhode Island College from earning their degree.
#BelieveinStudents #GivingTuesday #FASTFund
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@pvdcitycouncil.bsky.social is considering charging fees to landlords who rent to students, thinking of students as people from elsewhere who are using our city services. But students here at @rhodeislandcollege.bsky.social are people from right here in our community. Their housing costs shouldn't
November 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
@pvdcitycouncil.bsky.social is considering charging fees to landlords who rent to students, thinking of students as people from elsewhere who are using our city services. But students here at @rhodeislandcollege.bsky.social are people from right here in our community. Their housing costs shouldn't
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The last several days have demonstrated that we need a stronger labor movement to protect worker’s free speech rights
September 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The last several days have demonstrated that we need a stronger labor movement to protect worker’s free speech rights
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The First Amendment still exists, and Rhode Island needs to act quickly and firmly to protect the rights of our public employees to participate in civic life & speech.
NEW: The Barrington Public Schools have placed a teacher on administrative leave for “alleged social media activity.” Details: shorturl.at/eLVoN
Barrington teacher placed on administrative leave
The Barrington Public Schools have placed a teacher on administrative leave for “alleged social media activity.”
shorturl.at
September 16, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The First Amendment still exists, and Rhode Island needs to act quickly and firmly to protect the rights of our public employees to participate in civic life & speech.
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How can we ensure the academic success & mental wellbeing of students who rely on transit to get around?
If @RIPTA.com’s proposed service cuts move forward, many students will be left without reliable transit. Mental health matters. Attendance matters. Transit matters too. 🚌📚
If @RIPTA.com’s proposed service cuts move forward, many students will be left without reliable transit. Mental health matters. Attendance matters. Transit matters too. 🚌📚
August 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
How can we ensure the academic success & mental wellbeing of students who rely on transit to get around?
If @RIPTA.com’s proposed service cuts move forward, many students will be left without reliable transit. Mental health matters. Attendance matters. Transit matters too. 🚌📚
If @RIPTA.com’s proposed service cuts move forward, many students will be left without reliable transit. Mental health matters. Attendance matters. Transit matters too. 🚌📚
AFT members from RIC Union Strong at Providence Pride!
June 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
AFT members from RIC Union Strong at Providence Pride!
RIC/AFT at No Kings Providence
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwH5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwH5...
NoKingsRI: Mikaila Arthur - Rhode Island College's Union President on Education
YouTube video by Steve Ahlquist
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June 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
RIC/AFT at No Kings Providence
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwH5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwH5...
RIC/AFT walking the line with the SEIU folks at Butler hospital.
May 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
RIC/AFT walking the line with the SEIU folks at Butler hospital.
RIC/AFT at yesterday's May Day rally. Our remarks (🧵):
"Just a few years before our union was established, folks at RIC, along with those at URI and Brown, worked to abolish a loyalty pledge for public school teachers. It is students who first challenged this pledge, which sharply reduced public
"Just a few years before our union was established, folks at RIC, along with those at URI and Brown, worked to abolish a loyalty pledge for public school teachers. It is students who first challenged this pledge, which sharply reduced public
May 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
RIC/AFT at yesterday's May Day rally. Our remarks (🧵):
"Just a few years before our union was established, folks at RIC, along with those at URI and Brown, worked to abolish a loyalty pledge for public school teachers. It is students who first challenged this pledge, which sharply reduced public
"Just a few years before our union was established, folks at RIC, along with those at URI and Brown, worked to abolish a loyalty pledge for public school teachers. It is students who first challenged this pledge, which sharply reduced public
RIC/AFT testifying at RI House Finance tonight
March 28, 2025 at 1:11 AM
RIC/AFT testifying at RI House Finance tonight
RIC/AFT testifying tonight in RI Senate Finance on behalf of funding for RIC.
March 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
RIC/AFT testifying tonight in RI Senate Finance on behalf of funding for RIC.
Hello world! Migrating ourselves off the other place, glad to be here.
November 11, 2024 at 6:10 AM
Hello world! Migrating ourselves off the other place, glad to be here.
RIC/AFT marching with the RI AFL-CIO tonight at Providence Pride.
November 13, 2024 at 8:02 AM
RIC/AFT marching with the RI AFL-CIO tonight at Providence Pride.
Thanks for the warm welcome from the Council on Postsecondary Ed last night, and for hearing faculty concerns re shared governance and transparency. RIC students, staff, and faculty deserve better.
November 13, 2024 at 8:02 AM
Thanks for the warm welcome from the Council on Postsecondary Ed last night, and for hearing faculty concerns re shared governance and transparency. RIC students, staff, and faculty deserve better.
Sad that students and employees at @RICNews will now have to pay $3/hour for charging electric vehicles. An incentive to go electric has suddenly become a disincentive at RIC. After the Act on Climate and other $ to fight climate change, is this the right direction @GovDanMcKee?
November 13, 2024 at 8:02 AM
Sad that students and employees at @RICNews will now have to pay $3/hour for charging electric vehicles. An incentive to go electric has suddenly become a disincentive at RIC. After the Act on Climate and other $ to fight climate change, is this the right direction @GovDanMcKee?
What a disturbing story. Lessons here for anyone that says @RICNews needs to cut its way to "success."
The Plight of Mills College Should Be an Alarm for American Higher Ed https://prospect.org/education/plight-of-mills-college-american-higher-ed-alarm/#.YmAQrmdcK0Y.twitter
The Plight of Mills College Should Be an Alarm for American Higher Ed https://prospect.org/education/plight-of-mills-college-american-higher-ed-alarm/#.YmAQrmdcK0Y.twitter
The Plight of Mills College Should Be an Alarm for Americ...
The school is being devoured from the inside by its own a...
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November 13, 2024 at 8:02 AM
What a disturbing story. Lessons here for anyone that says @RICNews needs to cut its way to "success."
The Plight of Mills College Should Be an Alarm for American Higher Ed https://prospect.org/education/plight-of-mills-college-american-higher-ed-alarm/#.YmAQrmdcK0Y.twitter
The Plight of Mills College Should Be an Alarm for American Higher Ed https://prospect.org/education/plight-of-mills-college-american-higher-ed-alarm/#.YmAQrmdcK0Y.twitter
Crazy how RIC is so clearly the state's social mobility engine, yet so many RI leaders only want to see RIC make damaging cuts. We should be investing in RIC to invest in Rhode Island's future.
November 13, 2024 at 8:02 AM
Crazy how RIC is so clearly the state's social mobility engine, yet so many RI leaders only want to see RIC make damaging cuts. We should be investing in RIC to invest in Rhode Island's future.
AFT settlement w/ US Dept of Ed means reconsideration to denied #PSLF applicants, auto review of denied applications pre-11/20 for borrowers w/10 years of repayment, notices of # of remaining payments to qualify for forgiveness @AFTUnion...
November 13, 2024 at 8:02 AM
AFT settlement w/ US Dept of Ed means reconsideration to denied #PSLF applicants, auto review of denied applications pre-11/20 for borrowers w/10 years of repayment, notices of # of remaining payments to qualify for forgiveness @AFTUnion...