Geoff Johnson
AFT 1931
Candidate for President
Candidate Statement
Since becoming AFT-ACC President in 2018, I have worked towards the goals of what I stated a national adjunct caucus can and should be.
Through the caucus, I:
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Helped create the initial draft of the Contingent Faculty Quality of Worklife Survey, leading to AFT's Army of Temps report, put out in 2020, and 2022.
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Promoted Campus Equity Week activities in 2019, 2020, 2021. Providing additional support, I worked with others to build and maintain the CFT Campus Equity Toolkit.
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Developed a new AFT-ACC website, on which, in consultation with AFT Higher Ed, we have identified locals which specifically represent adjunct/contingent faculty and grad workers.
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Worked for (through the CFT Part-time Committee working with UC-AFT), passage of a AFT national resolution supporting contingent faculty involvement in shared governance, and this year, am working on a resolution calling for a Department of Education study of adjunct/contingent pay inequity.
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Advocated for AFT to push for changes in US labor code entitling contingent faculty to unemployment benefits, elimination of the WEP and GPO hurting adjunct/contingent retirees, and the creation of an AFT Higher Ed national system tracking AFT higher-ed legislative priorities.
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As a member of the CFT Legislative team, I helped boost funding for part-time office hour funding, rehire and seniority rights, student loan forgiveness, pay equity, and worked within my own locals to gain pay for participation in shared governance and committee work.
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As president, I hope to continue this work, and expand the caucus.
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