Collective Bargaining

From the President: The Election of Donald Trump and the Future of the AAUP

Many are in shock after the election of Donald Trump as the forty-fifth president of the United States. But the election results are not altogether surprising when one considers the weaknesses in the Hillary Clinton campaign that Bernie Sanders brought into view during the primaries.

Lead Organizer Appointment

The AAUP is pleased to announce the appointment of Joshua Guy Lenes as lead organizer in the Department of Organizing and Services. Lenes has served as an AAUP organizer since 2015 and has been based both in Ohio and in Washington, DC. Prior to joining the AAUP’s staff, he worked as an organizer with faculty at the University of Central Florida and with K–12 teachers in the Florida Education Association.

New Union Chapter in Santa Fe

On March 29, full-time faculty members at Santa Fe Community College voted overwhelmingly to form a union, with 93 percent casting ballots in favor of unionization. Roughly fifty faculty members represented by SFCC-AAUP belong to the newest AAUP Collective Bargaining Congress chapter. Faculty at the college filed signed authorization cards with the New Mexico Public Employee Labor Relations Board in December.

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