The UF Board has pushed back on GRC Management regarding the delay in paying faculty for earned salary increments from in-service credit submissions. We reject the framing that the delay in pay is due to faculty meeting the contractual deadline to submit in-service work completed during the academic year near the deadline itself. Instead, the failure of management to meet their legal obligation to pay people for the work they have done and reported on is the issue and suggests issues with management being able or willing to support employee growth and faculty work.

Please click to read the full text of our email, which was sent to the deans, full-time faculty, VPAA, and the Executive Director of Human Resources.

Here are some upcoming training opportunities available through AFT-WA for October - November.

If there is a cost associated with registration, please contact the UF Board at ufb@greenriver.edu, as there the board has a budget set aside for union-related trainings and conferences.

The UF Board has taken a stance requesting more information on class capacity changes and asks that faculty not agree to make any changes to class caps or commit to anything regarding this issue, because we need to get the information we requested before we can make any informed decisions. We do not object to this issue being discussed in IC, and we do not object if Division Chairs ask their members for the information needed to estimate cost savings.

Please click to read the full text of our emails regarding our stance and requests.

As the Trump administration continues to attack higher education—cutting research grants, targeting free speech and restricting classroom materials—the AFT and the American Association of University Professors have unveiled a powerful new blueprint to restore and preserve higher education, just in time for the 2026 midterms.

When the president of Colorado WINS learned that the president of the United States might be targeting Denver next in his anti-immigration campaign of terror, she knew how she’d begin to mobilize. One simple thing Diane Byrne does is deck out her activists in matching T-shirts. Wearing union colors promotes team spirit and builds confidence, she says. The AFT Public Employees program and policy council, meeting in New York City Feb. 5-6, abounded with tips to help locals mobilize. PPC chair Gary Feist, president of North Dakota Public Employees, recommended finding members who can tell a personal story to draw media attention. With more media on the issue, he said, legislators will become more motivated to fix the problem.