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F.A.Q.
Do you have questions about United Academics, the AFT-AAUP, or your membership? Let us know!
What is United Academics?
United Academics is a joint AAUP-AFT local for all non-collectively bargaining, pre-majority union AAUP “advocacy chapters” and at-large members that was formed when AAUP and AFT merged in 2022.
Who can be a member of United Academics?
Any member of AAUP National who is not in a collective bargaining local of AAUP-AFT is, by definition, in United Academics, AAUP-AFT Local 6741. This means that all at-large members and all members at universities with pre-majority union “advocacy chapters” (i.e., non-collective bargaining AAUP chapters) are in United Academics.
What does it mean to be a member of United Academics?
Being a member of United Academics means that you have a say in the future direction of both AAUP and AFT. It is a gathering space for non-collective bargaining, pre-majority union AAUP members to organize together for power and advocate for their needs to AAUP and AFT leadership.
Can advocacy chapters form collective bargaining unions?
Yes! And we would love to help you do it! Get in touch to discuss.
elected OFFICERS
Jorge Coronado
Northwestern University
President
Bethany Letiecq
George Mason University
Vice President
Bill Mullen
Purdue University
Secretary-Treasurer
Gabriel Winant
University of Chicago
Exec Committee Member #1
Heather Ferguson
Claremont McKenna
Exec Committee Member #2
Amy Offner
University of Pennsylvania
2024 National Convention Delegate
Marcus Johnson
University of Maryland
2024 National Convention Delegate
Laura Bray
University of Oklahoma
Advisory Board Member and 2024 National Convention delegate
Amy Hagopian
University of Washington
Advisory Board Member and 2024 National Convention Delegate
Matthew Thomas Miller
University of Maryland
Advisory Board Member and 2024 National Convention Delegate
Local 6741 Constitution & Bylaws
Constitution and Bylaws of Local 6741, AFT-AAUP, AFL-CIO
INTERVIEW WITH LOCAL 6741 LEADERS
The questions of who gets to go to school, who teaches the ones who go, and under what conditions, are thus profoundly entangled with one another—and with the wider question of the future of our increasingly undemocratic, unequal, and fearful society. They can only be addressed together, at once, by a popular struggle for the right of young people to learn and nurture their capacities without the shadow of financial indenture, the liberty of scholars to teach and study free from fear, and the necessity for our society in general to preserve its own institutional organs of experimentation and self-reflection—the colleges and universities.