Dr. William Scheuerman

by Chris Cumo

The American Federation of Teachers, part of the AFL-CIO, issued its first report on part-time faculty in 1979 and has since been active in recruiting adjuncts and in advocating better pay and benefits for them. Among its more than 100,000 college and university faculty members, the AFT includes more than 35,000 adjuncts, making it the nation's largest union representative of part-time faculty. The AFT's Executive Council, in May, 2001, formed the Task Force on Part-Time and Contingent Workers. The Adjunct Advocate recently caught up with one of its co-chairs, William Scheuerman, vice president of the Executive Council, president of United University Professions, an AFT affiliate with 25,000 part- and full-time faculty on the campuses of SUNY and the New York State Theatre Institute and a member of the board of directors of the New York State United Teachers, an AFT affiliate with 430,000 members.

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