Maryland approves $500,000 to settle racial discrimination lawsuit against UMD (October 24)
topics: local, University of Maryland College Park, university employees
Library Admins Are Using Public Money to Hire Union Busters Against Workers (October 27)
topics: Maryland, library workers, libraries, unions
Union panel rules Baltimore IG interfered in election, orders new vote (October 25)
topics: Maryland, unions, AFSCME Local 44
Trump administration’s shutdown layoffs remain on hold, following court ruling (October 28)
topics: national, federal workers, layoffs, government shutdown, lawsuits against the federal government
Federal employee groups want to reopen government. They disagree on how. (October 28)
topics: national, government shutdown, federal workers, AFGE, National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association
Trump’s DEI Crackdown Closes 120 TRIO Programs (October 27)
topics: national, federal funding, students, first-generation college students, pre-college programs, TRIO, Upward Bound
What Did the University of Virginia Agree To? (October 24)
topics: national, universities, University of Virginia, cooperation, federal funding
Florida wants to post more college syllabi online. Professors fear what’s next. (October 26)
topics: national, Florida, universities, faculty
The shrinking future of Ph.D.s (October 26)
topics: national, universities, graduate students, federal funding, admissions
U of [Toronto] emergency fund offers ‘lifeline’ to researchers facing U.S. funding cuts (October 25)
topics: international, Canada, universities, research funding
Alberta teachers say fight just begun but will follow the law in back-to-work bill (October 28)
topics: international, unions, strikes, Alberta Teachers’ Association
America Doesn’t Have Enough Weapons for a Major Conflict. These Workers Know Why. (October 27)
topics: national, unions, strikes, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, military industrial complex