Dear UA-UNM Colleagues,
We hope you are settling into the semester during this chaotic time. As many of you know, our bargaining team was hoping to finalize the contract last Friday, but we still have two Articles left to resolve. Mediation continues on February 13th, and we’ll give an update in the next weekly email.
Mark your calendars for our next General Membership Meeting! This meeting will be hybrid, with childcare and dinner provided in person. RSVP here.
Though we continue to face many uncertainties right now, one thing that is always certain is that there is power in a union! Join our fight and become a dues-paying member of UA-UNM here! Read this August 2025 report from the Economic Policy Institute about why “Rebuilding worker power by strengthening unions is not just good policy—it is a democratic imperative in the face of authoritarian backsliding.”
If you are interested in learning more about becoming a steward for your department or area, please email organizing@uaunm.org.
Keep reading below for a list of upcoming UA-UNM events.
In Solidarity,
United Academics of UNM
Upcoming Events
Thursday, February 12, 10:00–11:00 pm – Communications Committee Meeting – all campuses on Zoom
Join us to help share information with our members through weekly email updates, social media, our website, and union events.
Email info@uaunm.org for the Zoom link and password.
Friday, February 13, 12:00–12:45 pm – Organizing Committee – all campuses on Zoom
Help strengthen our union by encouraging more of your colleagues to get involved.
Email organizing@uaunm.org for the Zoom link and password.
Thursday, March 5, 5:00–7:00 pm – Spring 2026 General Membership Meeting
AFT New Mexico Office (530 Jefferson St NE, 87108)
Mark your calendars for our next General Membership Meeting! This meeting will be hybrid, with childcare and dinner provided in person. RSVP here.
Thursday, March 5, 7:00–8:00 pm – UA-UNM Happy Hour
High & Dry (529 Adams St NE, 87108)
Walk around the corner to spend some time with your union siblings after the general membership meeting.
Union Quote of the Week
“We want more school houses and less jails; more books and less arsenals; more learning and less vice… more leisure and less greed; more justice and less revenge…”
— Samuel Gompers, one of the founders of the American Federation of Labor
