PATFA officers would like to share with you the following four points to make clear your rights as a part-time faculty member within the University of Maine System. Why now? We have received plenty of emails from part-time faculty expressing fear about a raft of political and policy issues across the nation, ranging from classroom freedom to immigration. We think the following can help address the apprehension and confusion.

PATFA is the Part-time Faculty Association of Maine, a union Local of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). PATFA is also part of the Maine AFL-CIO.

One. Our collective

WASHINGTON—A coalition of labor unions representing over 2 million workers filed a federal lawsuit Feb. 10 challenging a data heist carried out by Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency inside three federal government departments.

Six individuals personally harmed by Musk and DOGE’s theft of their private information joined the suit filed by the AFT, the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE), the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE). Protect Democracy and Munger

PATFA officers would like to share with you the following four points to make clear your rights as a part-time faculty member within the University of Maine System. Why now? We have received plenty of emails from part-time faculty expressing fear about a raft of political and policy issues across the nation, ranging from classroom freedom to immigration. We think the following can help address the apprehension and confusion.

PATFA is the Part-time Faculty Association of Maine, a union Local of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). PATFA is also part of the Maine AFL-CIO.

One. Our collective

WASHINGTON—A coalition of labor unions representing over 2 million workers filed a federal lawsuit Feb. 10 challenging a data heist carried out by Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency inside three federal government departments.

Six individuals personally harmed by Musk and DOGE’s theft of their private information joined the suit filed by the AFT, the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE), the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE). Protect Democracy and Munger