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URI/AAUP represents all full-time faculty at URI. We protect academic freedom, & collectively bargain wages, benefits, and working conditions.

 Kingston, RI
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Joined August 2016
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The first of a few anniversaries are upon us today: December 15, 1971: Faculty elected to organize a union December 21, 1971: RISLRB certified the election November 6, 1972: First contract was ratified #union @AAUP
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URI faculty union says it's agreed to a COVID-19 vaccine requirement, resolving one of the hurdles that many employers face: collective bargaining. “Keeping the community safe and providing the best learning environment possible is our number one goal.” bostonglobe.com/2021/09/01/m…

URI faculty union says it’s agreed to vaccination requirement - The Boston Globe

“Keeping the community safe and providing the best learning environment possible is our number one goal,” Miriam Reumann, the president of the URI chapter of the American Association of University...

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URI/AAUP has reached an agreement with URI to require all full-time faculty to receive a COVID-19 vaccination unless they have a medical or religious exemption.
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“The rapid intensification of COVID-19 spread in the past month has led us to request additional safety measures, and we’re fortunate we could work with the University to provide this additional layer of protection.” said Jay Walsh, Ph.D., Executive Director of URI/AAUP.
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The University of Rhode Island Chapter of the American Association of University Professors has represented full-time faculty at URI for 49 years.
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Great URI panel to discuss Vaccine History, Ethics, & Epidemiology on Jan 20th @ 6pm! Free & open to the public on Zoom, register here: uri-edu.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
See @universityofri? It's not hard. Revoke Giuliani's '03 and Flynn's '14 honorary degrees. They do not deserve the higher honor bestowed by the University. Do it now, don't wait.
Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) profile pictureKyle Griffin
@kylegriffin114 Jan 2021
Middlebury College has revoked an honorary degree it awarded to Rudy Giuliani in 2005. bit.ly/3nIOMyT
Middlebury College revokes Rudy Giuliani’s honorary degree - VTDigger

Middlebury College revokes Rudy Giuliani’s honorary degree - VTDigger

In announcing earlier the degree might be revoked, President Laurie Patton cited "our responsibility for safeguarding and improving our fragile democracy, especially those of us privileged to be in...

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*highest honor
Hey @universityofri you see this? How about rescinding Michael Flynn's honorary degree? amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/01/08/p…
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This is the third event in a yearlong series focusing on Landscape Architecture: Activism, Equity and Environmental Justice. To learn more and register go to web.uri.edu/lar/lecture-seri…
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Check out URI's Centenial Lecture Series! Register now to hear the phenominal speakers (including @NellieGorbea) explore suffrage history and modern-day voting issues. web.uri.edu/suffrage/
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Thank you to @AAUP for being part of the Amicus Brief supported by other educational associations to defend DACA.
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@nprpolitics18 Jun 2020
#BREAKING: The Supreme Court has ruled against the Trump administration and extended a lifeline to the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, allowing the program that has permitted about 650,000 "Dreamers" to stay and work in the U.S. legally to continue.
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A Statement from the Executive Committee of URI/AAUP: ....We condemn racism. We deplore police brutality and the unjust killing of Black Americans. We rebuke White supremacy. We affirm that Black lives matter.
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The persistence and courage of our brothers & sisters to take to the streets night after night is inspiring. We are with with you ✊🏽
Can't like this enough! Thanks @MHodler , we've had quite the semester. Let's hope the rest of the semesters in you career are much smoother!
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It may be a good time to re-read @AAUP 's Statement on the Freedom to Teach. aaup.org/news/statement-free… URI/AAUP's Exec. Comm. is full of thoughtful, smart, tenacious, colleagues committed to the principle of solidarity. Our working conditions are student learning conditions.
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