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Other Faculty Organizing

Please follow these links to read full collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) where available. Otherwise, the links will redirect to the respective union’s homepage.

Please note that each CBA will differ in the ranks of faculty it covers; this is dictated in some cases by interest, in others by necessity/possibility under the relevant state or federal labor law at the time of formation.

This list is meant to be illustrative, not exhaustive.

In Pennsylvania

All of the other state-related institutions—Lincoln University, Temple University, and the University of Pittsburgh—have faculty unions.

Pennsylvania’s state university system is unionized as APSCUF.

In the Big Ten

Faculty members at all ranks are unionized at Rutgers and The University of Oregon. Michigan State, the University of Michigan, the University of Illinois, and UCLA have non-tenure-line faculty unions. Organizing drives are underway at Michigan State (for tenure-line faculty) and the University of Iowa.

Other Notable Public University Faculty Unions

The University of California system is organized at all ranks in an umbrella grouping; the California State University system is unionized as the California Faculty Association, an AFT/SEIU partnership. The State University of New York and City University of New York systems are unionized, as are the University of Massachusetts (Amherst and Boston) and the Connecticut State University systems.

Notable Private University Faculty Unions under SEIU