Matthew Thomas Miller (He/Him)

Weather won't stop us from fighting for what students and workers need.

Stay warm and keep up the fight, @uam-umd.bsky.social! 🥶✊

And we want our rights now!

Why do we want collective bargaining rights?

Cc @senbillferg.bsky.social @mddems.bsky.social

Mondays in Annapolis: Lobbyists, citizens come from across the state to push policy initiatives - Maryland Matters Monday night is typically the night when organizations turn out their members to lobby lawmakers in Annapolis, and while this year's lobby night has been delayed by snow, frigid temperatures and a fed...

We were there, telling MD legislators that we need collective bargaining rights like all other state employees!

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Get it!!!

My amazing colleagues from across the state have been all around Baltimore in the last few months (and we ain't stopping) because we're the last public sector workers in Maryland without the right to a union. Our neighbors are shocked and appalled. But @senbillferg.bsky.social can make things right

Last night—together w/ @aft.org @aaup.org & @aftmaryland.bsky.social—we brought a whole crew from all over MD to meet w/ MD legislators to tell them why we need collective bargaining rights for faculty this session!

@senbillferg.bsky.social & @mddems.bsky.social, let’s get this bill done this year!

I can confirm it was beyond cold. Not only were our pens freezing, our fingers were so cold within an hour that we couldn’t even handle the postcards!

You would be getting even more postcards, @senbillferg.bsky.social & @mddems.bsky.social, if our fingers didnt freeze at the end! 😂

How hard are we willing to organize to get the collective bargaining rights we deserve?

We have been out in Maryland neighborhoods & markets even in the pen-freezing bitter cold of the last few weeks to show @senbillferg.bsky.social & @mddems.bsky.social how much our communities support us!

Go UAM-UMD! Solidarity!

Even though it was freeeeeezzzzing cold this weekend, we were out gathering postcards to show @senbillferg.bsky.social & @mddems.bsky.social how much Marylanders support faculty securing collective bargaining rights this session!

Hello @senbillferg.bsky.social it is critical that we keep our faculty and higher ed strong in Maryland!

UAM is out in the community again asking Marylanders to send a strong message to @senbillferg.bsky.social & @mddems.bsky.social that faculty deserve collective bargaining rights now!

Let’s get this done this year!

We were collecting postcards from Baltimore constituents in Waverly Farmers Market today for @senbillferg.bsky.social & @mddems.bsky.social to show them the incredible amount of community support there is for faculty collective bargaining rights!

It was truly freezing, but support was hot!

Collective Bargaining Rights for Faculty For far too long, faculty at Maryland's public universities have been left behind when it comes to collective bargaining rights. Almost every other public and state employee in the state of Maryland h...

We are in Annapolis fighting w/ our partners @aft.org, @aaup.org, @aftmaryland.bsky.social, & @afthighered.bsky.social for our rights to collectively bargain.

Tell @senbillferg.bsky.social & @mddems.bsky.social, the time is now for equal labor rights for faculty!

actionnetwork.org/letters/coll...

For too long, faculty at Maryland's public universities have been left behind when it comes to collective bargaining rights.

Yesterday over a dozen faculty packed Annapolis for the hearing of SB6—a bill that will finally give collective bargaining rights to many faculty at MD’s public universities.

AIPAC Donors Fail to Elect Last-Minute New Jersey House Pick After a fundraising push from the Israel lobby pitted two moderates against each other, the lobby's pick is poised to lose in New Jersey.

Whoops: New Jersey’s special election is a toss-up between a progressive and a moderate who violated the AIPAC party line — while the Israel lobby’s candidate trails in a distant third.

Hundreds of faculty from across Maryland submitted testimony for today’s hearing on SB 6, demanding collective bargaining rights for non-tenure track faculty at our public universities. @uam-umd.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social

Janeese Lewis George wants affordable child care for DC It’s not free, and her plan faces financial challenges.

"Now Lewis George says that if she’s elected mayor, she’ll set out to make child care universal and affordable, part of a broader plan she’s rolling out to bring down everyday costs for D.C. residents." - @maustermuhle.bsky.social for @51st.news

51st.news/janeese-lewi...

We were in Annapolis today with our UAM leaders from around the state of Maryland and @aft.org @aftmaryland.bsky.social @aaup.org to fight for our collective bargaining rights!

YouTube video by MGA - FIN FIN Committee Session, 2/5/2026

Our Senate Finance Committee hearing on our Collective Bargaining bill is happening now!

Watch live:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZkU...

In Annapolis today to fight for faculty collective bargaining rights w/ @aft.org, @aftmaryland.bsky.social, @aaup.org, @afthighered.bsky.social, @local6741.bsky.social!

Join us to tell @senbillferg.bsky.social & @mddems.bsky.social the time is now to pass this!
actionnetwork.org/letters/coll...

Collective Bargaining Rights for Faculty For far too long, faculty at Maryland's public universities have been left behind when it comes to collective bargaining rights. Almost every other public and state employee in the state of Maryland h...

We are in Annapolis today w/ @aft.org @aftmaryland.bsky.social @aaup.org @afthighered.bsky.social to fight for faculty collective bargaining rights!

Tell @senbillferg.bsky.social & @mddems.bsky.social, the time is now for equal labor rights for faculty is now!

actionnetwork.org/letters/coll...

Not at all!

The Gaza Street That Refuses to Die What I saw walking one block in Gaza.

The “Colorful Block” in Gaza used to be defined by the laughter of children and the bustle of life. When Ali Skaik returned to this street from his childhood after the ceasefire, he found something unrecognizable. https://bit.ly/4qfkfJ2

A Reckoning for the Stalled Gaza Peace Plan A meeting between Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump may determine whether the agreement advances—or hardens into a permanent order.

The Gaza peace plan has divided the Strip into color-coded zones that determine where Palestinians can live and rebuild, and half of Gaza is off-limits indefinitely. I reported on the stalled ceasefire and why phase two might never materialize. @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

A Ceasefire in Name Only The language of ceasefire has been repurposed in Gaza: It no longer describes a pause in violence but rather a mechanism for managing it.

Here's just a few of the pieces in our "Day for Gaza" package.

We have @mohamhawish.bsky.social on the hollowness of the so-called ceasefire in Gaza: "What do you call a ceasefire agreement under which people keep dying?"

www.thenation.com/article/worl...