Join UC-AFT

You are not automatically a member of the union.  You are a member of Unit 18 or Unit 17, the bargaining units in which you are represented in collective bargaining by UC-AFT. If you sign up as a member, your payroll deduction amount stays the same.   It costs you nothing to join.

This fall, you received a 3% cost of living increase while Senate faculty received none.  You will receive another 3% increase next fall, no matter what sort of wage freezes other non-represented employees must suffer in the current budget situation.

Our union has negotiated one of the best job security contracts in the nation for non-tenure-track faculty members.   Under our contract, you have the right to a continuing appointment after an excellence review in your sixth year, as well as a fair process for getting considered for reappointments in the first 6 years.

Last year’s bargaining team also negotiated reduced workloads for composition and foreign language instructors, along with a new workload enforcement process for any Non-Senate Faculty member burdened with increased class sizes or other uncompensated workload increases.

As a member, you will have the right to vote for or against contract ratification.  The entire Unit 18 contract – the Memorandum of Understanding – expires July 2010, and negotiations will commence sometime in 2009.

As a member, you will receive more frequent communications about union activities, and other important issues facing our members.

As a member, you will be eligible for various supplemental insurance programs, mortgage loans, a credit card with a good cash rebate deal, and various discounts etc, through AFT’s Union Plus program.

As a member, you will be part of a statewide organization of academics working together to address the challenges faced by Non-Senate Faculty at UC.  Your involvement matters.  

Click here to download a membership form.  You can mail the completed form to:

UC-AFT Treasurer  11728 Wilshire Blvd. #B1007, Los Angeles Ca 90025