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Labor Day: a celebration of worker power

Labor and unions are on the upswing in the 2020s. After decades of suppression by governments and misinformation from think tanks, Americans are waking up to their collective power and joining unions all over this great country.

AAUP, Texas AAUP-AFT sue Texas Tech University System over restrictive course content policies

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 8, 2026 CONTACT: For AAUP: Kelly Benjamin, kbenjamin@aaup.org For Texas AAUP-AFT: Marco Guajardo, mguajardo@texasaft.org, press@seekerstrategies.com For LDF: media@naacpldf.org For Lambda Legal: uihekwereme@lambdalegal.org AAUP, Texas AAUP-AFT sue Texas Tech University System over restrictive course content policies Censorship memoranda violate faculty’s First and Fourteenth Amendment rights EL PASO, Texas – Today, the American Association of Uni

Jul 8

GALLERY: Texas AAUP-AFT Higher Education Summit

Pictures from a successful Texas AAUP-AFT Higher Education Summit in Houston, Texas.

Jun 12