Who is UAMD

Who we are:

United Academics Maryland is the statewide campaign to build unions for full time faculty at Maryland’s community colleges. After fighting for, and finally winning the right to collective bargaining for Community College employees in 2021, we’re coming together, college-by-college, to build strong, faculty-led unions committed to academic freedom, high-quality education, and respect and dignity for everyone on our campuses.

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Who is AFT?

United Academics Maryland is affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers. 

The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is a union of professionals that champions fairness, democracy, economic opportunity, high-quality public education, healthcare, and public services for our students, their families, and our communities. We are committed to advancing these principles through community engagement, organizing, collective bargaining, and political activism, and especially through the work our members do.

AFT has over 1.8 million members in more than 3,200 locals with 40 state federations in higher education, early childhood education, K-12 schools, healthcare, and public services. AFT Higher Education represents over 230,000 higher education employees in about 320 locals, and includes full- and part-time faculty, professional staff, and graduate employees. AFT is headed by an executive board elected by the membership at a biennial national convention, and the AFT Higher Education Program and Policy Council is made up of members from across the United States and represents the interests of higher education members to the larger organization. 

To find out more about the AFT, visit their website at AFT.org. 

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