WHAT IS PRE-CONTRACT UNIONISM?

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Academic workers across the US are joining AAUP-AFT to fight for the future of higher education. Are you ready to join them?

Are you new to AAUP or trying to organize a new chapter or rebuild a dormant one?

Sign up for an Organizing Office Hour one-to-one conversation with us so we can help get your chapter off the ground and get you plugged in.

Are you a former graduate or postdoc union organizer who wants to help organize your new campus?

Sign up so we can connect you with our network of former grad/postdoc unionists and with additional resources to help support you in organizing your new workplace. 

Are you interested in building a state-level or regional organizing plan with other advocacy chapters in your area?

Sign up to be connected with our state-/regional hub organizing team to learn more about how we can help you build the right team to design and implement this.

Are you a campus organizer who has helped your chapter grow and build power and now would be willing to help other chapters do the same?

Sign up to learn more about becoming a Campus Organizing Fellow—the centerpiece of a new program that will skill up our member organizers to help those of us new to the organizing game start or rebuild chapters and implement best organizing practices on all our campuses across the country.

Are you a leader of an established chapter?

Then you should plug in by getting into the Dues Sharing program—our signature organizing capacity- building pipeline—which gets you real financial resources, free access to Action Network and Zoom, logo development support, and organizing mentorship through our new campus organizing fellows program.

OUR MEMBERS ARE THE UNION

As a member you can:

• Join an existing chapter or build a new chapter on your campus
• Learn how to take on campus issues with your colleagues by attending online and in-person organizing trainings
• Receive one-on-one strategic advice to help you overcome organizing challenges
• Turbo-charge your chapter’s organizing by joining our Dues Back program
• Take on regional and State level campaigns by connecting with chapters at other colleges and universities
• And more!

STRENGTH IN NUMBERS

AAUP-AFT is the largest higher education union in the United States. United Academics’ membership (which includes all Advocacy Chapter members) alone doubled from 10 to 20,000 members in the last two years!

NO UNION RIGHTS? NO PROBLEM!

You may be one of the countless academic workers across this country who lack collective bargaining rights, but that doesn’t mean you and your colleagues can’t organize and win!

Our “pre-contract” organizing model allows all academic workers to become members of AFT-AAUP, whether or not you have union rights.