New Study Reveals AFT, NEA and AAUP Organizing Primarily FT Faculty Not PTers
Compare this to the AFT's organizing record prior its 2006 launch of a state-by-state legislative push to increase the number of full-time faculty. Of the 44 faculty units organized by the AFT between 2001-2006, 12 were for full-time professors, 10 were a mix of full- and part-time professors, and 22 were for professors with part-time positions. In addition, in 2006 as a part of the push for more full-time faculty, the three higher education unions embraced the goal of "pay parity" for adjunct faculty, as opposed to pay equity.
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