U of I Graduate Employees’ Organization Contests State Ethics Policy, Issues Statement on Free Speech, Academic Freedom

Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, October 3?Responding to the state policy that prohibits state employees from voicing their political affiliations, the University of Illinois Graduate Employees? Organization (GEO) issued a statement demanding protection under the First Amendment.
-On September 18th, University staff and [...]

The University of Illinois recently announced that to comply with the ethics rules of the state, no university employee may engage in political activity while on campus. Check out the University’s statement here.
In response the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has released the following statement:

THE AAUP REAFFIRMS GRAD EMPLOYEE AND STAFF RIGHTS

According to University [...]