Early in 2009 the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) agreed to jointly organize all teaching faculty, researchers, librarians, and non-managerial officers of administration at the University of Oregon. We will benefit from the combined expertise of these organizations, being able to enjoy the deeper resources of AFT and the commitment to academic freedom and university experience of AAUP. We will also be able to act in concert with other campuses in the state despite their being split between the two unions in terms of representation.
There are currently 5 organizers helping us with our campaign: Dennis Ziemer, Marlene Drescher, Jerry Morris, Peter Mohn, and Ashlee Wiese. United Academics of the UO has an office directly across from the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation on 13th Avenue; you can access the office via the stairs just to the left of the Red Rooster Barber Shop.
United Academics of the University of Oregon 