US EditionUniversity of California students, professors and staff sue the Trump administration
Unions and faculty allege the administration's $1.2 billion fine and funding freeze on UCLA threaten over 100,000 jobs and violate constitutional rights of UC employees.
- The Trump administration is allegedly using civil rights laws to target the University of California in a lawsuit filed by faculty, staff, and student organizations.
- The lawsuit follows a $1.2 billion fine against UCLA and a freeze on research funding for civil rights violations.
- University of California President James Milliken stated that the federal government has launched investigations against all 10 campuses, marking a serious threat to the institution's independence.
- The Trump administration is accused of undermining academic freedom at the University of California by claiming that elite colleges are overrun by liberalism and antisemitism.
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UC Labor Unions Sue Trump Admin Over Funding Freeze, Demands of Reform
Labor unions representing thousands of University of California faculty members and employees sued the Trump administration after a federal funding freeze they described as part of an illegal effort to impose conservative views on the public university system. The coalition includes the American Association of University Professors, the American Federation of Teachers, and more than a dozen UC campus faculty associations. The labor groups are as…
University of California students, professors sue Trump administration
A group consisting of University of California (UC) students, faculty, staff and labor unions is suing the Trump administration, alleging violations of their academic freedom and free speech rights. The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday in US District Court for the Northern District of California, accuses the Trump administration of attempting to “commandeer this public university…
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Harvard, like all Americans, can’t be punished by the government for speaking freely – and a federal court decision upholds decades of precedents saying so
The Trump administration's actions against Harvard threaten a foundational American value – free speech. zpagistock/Getty ImagesWhen the federal government threatened to cancel billions in research funds from Harvard University – as it has also done to other research universities – the message was clear: Institutions that speak or think in ways elected officials dislike can expect to pay a price. But in a recent ruling that underscored a princip…
University of California Sues Trump Administration Over Funding Freeze - Real News Now
On Tuesday, a collective group of labor unions, professors, and students from the University of California education system initiated legal proceedings against the Trump administration. They allege that a freeze on federal funding and other measures are intended to quell academic liberty. These charges were taken to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, with the goal of preventing the government from wielding financial…
California Unions Sue Trump Admin Over Threats to UC System
A coalition of California education unions and faculty associations is suing the Trump administration to challenge what they say is “the illegal and coercive use of civil rights laws to attack the University of California system and the rights of their members,” the American Association of University Professors announced Tuesday. The coalition comprises 19 groups—including the AAUP, the American Federation of Teachers and 10 University of Calif…
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