AFT MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, is to improve the lives of our members and their families, to give voice to their legitimate professional, economic and social aspirations, to strengthen the institutions in which we work, to improve the quality of the services we provide, to bring together all members to assist and support one another and to promote democracy, human rights and freedom in our union, in our nation and throughout the world.

. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS (AFT)
     PART TIME / ADJUNCT FACULTY


AFT is the leading organizer of part-time/adjunct faculty in the United States. AFT represents approximately 50,000 part-time/adjunct faculty, more than any other union. Some of these educators have organized with AFT in part-time/adjunct faculty only bargaining units; others are in joint full-time/part-time faculty units, and still others are in "wall-to-wall" units representing all higher education professionals in an institution or higher education system. Regardless of the local structure, the AFT is committed to promoting solidarity among all faculty and staff as a crucial part of improving conditions for part-time/adjunct  faculty.

 Read Abouttt AFT and Part-time/adjun

PUBLICATIONS
AFT has a variety of publications that address issues affecting part-time/adjunct faculty, as well as policy statements on higher education issues. Listed below are links to some publications that may be of interest to part-time / adjunct faculty members.

Fighting for the Profession:  A History of AFT Higher Education, March 2003
The Growth of Full-time Nontenure-Track Faculty: Challenges for the Union, August 2003
Standards of Good Practice in the Employment of Part-Time/Adjunct Faculty
A Blueprint for Raising Standards and Ensuring Financial and Professional Equity, July 2002
Marching Toward Equity: Curbing the Exploitation and Overuse of Part-time and Non-tenured Faculty, October 2001
Technology Review: Key Trends, Bargaining Strategies and Educational Issues, October 2003
Shared Governance in Colleges and Universities, April 2002

  AAUP - American Association of University Professors

CONTACT US
The members of United Academic Adjuncts have three APEA/AFT offices they can contact for information, assistance and contract service.

Email: adjuncts@apea-aft.org

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