AAUP / AFT Affiliation Agreement

The AAUP and AFT have drafted a new affiliation agreement that will be voted on at the June AAUP meeting. Some details:

“Under the terms of this affiliation agreement, all AAUP members, by virtue of their membership in the AAUP, will also be members of the AFT/AFL-CIO… AAUP members and AAUP chapters will have access to AFT support and services, including specific AFT member benefits… This affiliation will not result in an increase in national AAUP dues and, for current AAUP members, AFT per capita will be covered as part of the AAUP dues… The national AAUP and its chapters will remain autonomous organizations with full control over their own finances, policies, programs, and staff. The national AAUP will continue to be governed by the AAUP Council; will continue to have its own committees; and will have complete autonomy over the Redbook, our policies and statements on behalf of the profession, investigations, censure, and sanction.”

This is what AAUP told CUCFA would be the effect of the affiliation to CUCFA/AAUP partner members:

“Assuming the proposed affiliation goes through at AAUP’s Biennial Meeting this June, CUCFA members will not see any appreciable change to their memberships. They will still be AAUP members, with all the rights and benefits conferred under that status and the CUCFA agreement. Their dues rate will continue to be the AAUP dues rate. They will, by virtue of being AAUP members, also become AFT members, with all the rights, privileges, etc., that go with that status. For AAUP advocacy and at-large members, which is the status that the UC members have in AAUP, their main interface remains the AAUP and their interaction with support and services will still be through the AAUP staff and leadership. They do have as “value added” access to AFT member benefits (discounts on mortgages, car purchases, etc.). But they are not required to pay any extra dues to AFT or any AFT subsidiary.”

More details (an overview of the agreement, a frequently asked questions document, and the agreement itself) are available to AAUP members on the AAUP website (member login required) at https://www.aaup.org/member-information-aaupaft-affiliation