UConn-AAUP

06/20/2026

On June 16, Ohio University's bargaining team informed our team that they were canceling the June 23 bargaining session. The session had been mutually agreed upon since April 20. The explanation faculty received was that the administration had other "work-related commitments."

This wasn't a last-minute scheduling conflict. This wasn't an emergency. This wasn't a date that had just been proposed.

Let's be clear about what that means.

We have spent nearly a year bargaining a first contract. At the same time, the university continues spending time and resources fighting faculty's union election in court.

The administration regularly says faculty are essential to Ohio University's mission. Yet when it comes time to sit down and negotiate a contract, bargaining gets bumped for something else.

A fair contract determines working conditions, recruitment, retention, and the future of faculty at Ohio University. If that isn't important enough to keep a commitment made two months ago, what is?

Drop the lawsuit. Get back to the bargaining table. Finish the contract.

06/20/2026

WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement after the Department of Justice indicted 15 individuals, including at least one educator and union member, following U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s deadly Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis:

06/19/2026

Ohio University's reputation wasn't built by branding consultants.

It wasn't built by litigation.

It wasn't built by delaying negotiations.

It was built in classrooms.

It was built by faculty.

And that's exactly why students keep stepping forward to support us.

Because they know where the value of an Ohio University education actually comes from.

06/19/2026

06/19/2026

06/17/2026

Special education programs and the civil rights office will be moved out of the Education Department, the most aggressive move yet by the Trump administration to dismantle the agency.

06/17/2026

This is what a looks like! Join us next month for the region’s largest parade: aftct.org/event/solidarity-summer-march-at-the-boom-box-parade/

AFT AFT Higher Education AFT Public Employees AFT Nurses & Health Professionals American Association of University Professors Code Red CT University of Connecticut Professional Employees Association UConn-AAUP CSU-AAUP

06/15/2026

https://www.ctinsider.com/news/education/article/cscu-maduko-independent-review-firm-selected-22305992.php

Grand River Solutions will conduct the independent review related to the sexual harassment case involving former CSCU Interim Chancellor O. John Maduko.

06/13/2026

https://inthesetimes.com/article/new-york-university-strike-non-tenured-union

By withholding their labor earlier this year, non-tenured faculty at New York University won major gains—and helped create better learning conditions for their students.

06/11/2026

https://ctmirror.org/2026/06/11/ccsus-r2-polytechnic-push-raises-troubling-questions/

There has been little clarity around the objectives for CCSU R2 Polytechnic proposal, including who governs and whose interests it ultimately serves.