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Our Mission
The mission of this Union is to safeguard the better interests of our students in every manner and by every means within our power; and to raise the standards of the teaching profession by protecting and advancing the economic and professional interests of our members.
We are an affiliate of the California Federation of Teachers and the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO
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“Trade-unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They have done more for decency, for honesty, for education, for the betterment of the race, for the developing of character in man, than any other association of men.”
- Clarence Darrow, 1909
Our Union Network
American Federation of Teachers
Resources and information from the American Federation of Teachers, an affiliate of the AFL-CIO, to support full and part-time higher education faculty.
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CFT
California affiliate of the AFT, AFL-CIO representing education workers in public and private schools and colleges, from early childhood through higher education
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California Retirement Trust Fund
Information about the CRA Trust established in 1989 to assist UPM retirees in paying for health care benefits.
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