AFT is the leading organizer of part-time/adjunct faculty in the United States. AFT represents approximately 60,000 part-time/adjunct faculty, more than any other union. Some of these educators have organized with AFT in part-time/adjunct faculty only bargaining units; others are in joint full-time/part-time faculty units, and still others are in "wall-to-wall" units representing all higher education professionals in an institution or higher education system. Regardless of the local structure, the AFT is committed to promoting solidarity among all faculty and staff as a crucial part of improving conditions for part-time/adjunct  faculty.

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Publications

AFT has a variety of publications that address issues affecting part-time/adjunct faculty, as well as policy statements on higher education issues. Listed below are some publications that may be of interest to part-time/adjunct faculty members.

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

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

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

Shared Governance in Colleges and Universities, April 2002

Marching Toward Equity: Curbing the Exploitation and Overuse of Part-time and Non-tenured Faculty, October 2001