AFT has been organizing and supporting graduate employees for more than 30 years and currently represents approximately 20,000 graduate employees in 18 locals nationwide. In addition, AFT has ongoing organizing campaigns at several other institutions. These AFT locals and campaigns form the Alliance of Graduate Employee Locals/AFT (AGEL/AFT).

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Publications

AFT has a variety of publications that address issues affecting graduate employees, as well as policy statements on higher education issues. Listed below are some publications that may be of interest to graduate employees.

Standards of Good Practice in the Employment of Graduate Employees, June 2004

The Growth of Full-time Nontenure-Track Faculty: Challenges for the Union, August 2003

Fairness & Equity: Standards of Good Practice in the Employment of Part-Time/Adjunct Faculty, July 2002

Working Together: The American Federation of Teachers and the Graduate Employee Labor Movement, June 2002

Technology Review: Key Trends, Bargaining Strategies and Educational Issues, October 2003

Intellectual Property, Issues for Higher Education Unions: A Primer, December 2002

Shared Governance in Colleges and Universities, April 2002