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FAQ: Where have faculty organized?

In Pennsylvania

All of the other state-related institutions—Lincoln University, Temple University, and the University of Pittsburgh—have faculty unions.

Pennsylvania’s state university system is unionized as APSCUF.

In the Big Ten

Faculty members at all ranks are unionized at Rutgers and The University of Oregon. Michigan State, the University of Michigan, the University of Illinois, and UCLA have non-tenure-line faculty unions. Organizing drives are underway at Michigan State (for tenure-line faculty) and the University of Iowa.

Other Public Universities

The University of California system is organized at all ranks in an umbrella grouping; the California State University system is unionized as the California Faculty Association, an AFT/SEIU partnership. The State University of New York and City University of New York systems are unionized, as are the University of Massachusetts (Amherst and Boston) and the Connecticut State University systems. United Faculty of Florida includes colleges and universities across the state, such as the University of Florida.

Faculty Unions with SEIU