Unions & Info

Info: PTFA - Management Contract Negotiations, 2018-2019

Info: Support Santa Clara University's Adjuncts and Lecturers as they organize their union!

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The USF-PTFA is CFT/AFT Local 6590 (formerly "USF Part-Time Faculty Association," Local 4269a)

• California Federation of Teachers (CFT)

  • AFL-CIO

• American Federation of Teachers (AFT)

  • Members can sign up for discounted insurance plans through American Federation of Teachers. Other benefits, such as free legal services and other discounts, are available from AFT.

  • AFT has just launched a new blog dedicated to issues related to contingent faculty and academic staffing in general. It is called FACE Talk and you can join the discussion at: http://aftblog.blogs.com/face/.

• Other Part-Time Faculty Unions:

  • St. Mary's College Adjunct Union CA

  • Dominican University Adjuncts CA

  • NDNU Unites -- Notre Dame de Namur University CA

  • Tufts University MA

  • U Mass Amherst MA

    • Georgetown University DC

  • American University DC

  • George Washington University DC

• Organizations and Information:

  • Coalition of Contingent Academic Labor (COCAL, US & Canada)

  • New Faculty Majority

  • Faculty Forward Northern California (SEIU's "Faculty Forward" and "Adjunct Action" organizing initiatives)

    • SEIU Local 1021 includes: Notre Dame de Namur University, Holy Names University, Mills College, St. Mary's College, CA College of the Arts, SF Art Institute

    • Highlights of adjunct faculty contracts, SEIU