AFT Vice President
William E. Scheuerman is President of United University Professions, the largest public higher education union in the nation.  UUP represents 28,000 academic and other professional faculty on 29 State University of New York campuses.

On leave from his position as professor of political science at SUNY at Oswego, he was first elected in May 1993 to lead the Union.  Prior to his election as President, he served UUP in numerous positions on the chapter and statewide levels, including Vice President for Academics and Chief Negotiator for the Union’s 1988-91 contract.  He is a member of the Board of Directors of UUP’s affiliate, the 450,000-member New York State United Teachers and serves as Vice President for UUP’s national affiliate, the American Federation of Teachers.  Scheuerman chairs the AFT Program & Policy Council and NYSUT's Higher Education Council and is Vice-Chair of the New York State Public Higher Education Conference Board.  He also is a board member of several “public interest” organizations.

A native of Staten Island, Scheuerman earned his undergraduate degree from City College of New York and his Ph.D. in political economy from City University of New York.

He has published in scholarly journals on political science, sociology, labor studies, and economics as well as in popular periodicals, including The Nation, for which he wrote articles on the politics of the steel industry, and the Empire State Report.

Scheuerman has written two books: The Steel Crisis, in 1986, and Private Interests, Public Spending with Sid Plotkin, in 1994, which studies the political origins of the fiscal crisis and organized labor’s response.

Scheuerman envisions an even-more politically active UUP in coming years.  “The union is an instrument of empowerment with unlimited potential.  Since everything a union does is political, our challenge is to energize and activate all 28,000 members of UUP.”

Scheuerman and his wife, Louise, live in Minetto, NY and have three children.