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President: Tom McCord (UMA) tom.mccord@maine.edu

Vice President: Michele Cheung (USM) michele.cheung@maine.edu

Treasurer: Pam Mitchel (UMF) Mitchel@maine.edu

Secretary: Araminta Matthews (UMPI) mina.matthews@maine.edu

PATFA Constitution and Bylaws

Following is the PATFA Constitution and Bylaws, most recently revised at Annual Meeting, May 13, 2023.

The Part-time Faculty Association of Maine (PATFA) represents nearly 1,900 part-time faculty members teaching within the seven universities of the University of Maine System. It is affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers as Local No. 4593.

PATFA was formed in 1987. It is contractually obligated to negotiate with the University of Maine System (UMS) on behalf of part-time faculty. In other words, PATFA is the sole bargaining agent for part-time faculty. The System can negotiate with no other entity for part-time faculty issues, and PATFA must bargain with the System; PATFA cannot

About AFT Higher Education

The AFT represents higher education faculty (including both full- and part-time), professional staff and graduate employees, in all sectors of higher education—public and private, two-year and four-year institutions of higher education. MORE

History of the AFT

Learn the history of the AFT, including the union's founding in Chicago in 1916, its affiliation with the AFL-CIO, its battles for workers and human rights and its continued work to uphold the proud traditions on which the union was created.

AFT Mission Statement

The American Federation of Teachers is a union of professionals that champions fairness; democracy; economic opportunity; and 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.

About the AFT

Learn more about the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), which was founded in 1916 to represent the economic, social and professional interests of classroom teachers and is an affiliated international union of the AFL-CIO.

Maine AFL-CIO

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