WE’VE REACHED A FULL TENTATIVE AGREEMENT. WHAT’S NEXT?
View our proposal tracker to read all of our tentatively agreed upon proposals!
Our negotiations team reached a full tentative agreement on our first contract. This is a historic moment for our union and for the entire KU community.
Click here to read AFT National’s press release!
Now it’s time for members to review the agreement, ask questions, and vote on ratification.
Several membership meetings will be held on Monday, March 23 and Tuesday, March 24. These meetings are a great place to learn more about the agreement and what it means for you. Members of the negotiations team will discuss key provisions, answer questions, and discuss the ratification process. All UAKU members are encouraged to attend one of these meetings. Click the button below to RSVP!
We Are UAKU
We are United. We have worked together to craft a shared Statement of Purpose, signed by a growing majority of our colleagues. We are committed to KU at its best: a university that attracts scholars, staff, and students from all over the world. Our diversity is our strength. When we lose members of our community because they feel more welcome elsewhere, we lose more than valuable colleagues — we lose sight of our mission.
We are Academics. In our myriad roles on campus, we produce and support scholarly and creative work and guide our students down paths of inquiry and activity that enrich their lives and the communities they go home to. Our work is a valuable and vital public good.
We are KU. A university is its people. Students’ time here is designed to be limited. Administrators, too, come and go. Alongside dedicated staff, we sustain the University and fulfill its academic mission. It is our research, our teaching, and our service that earn KU its R1 status and maintain its AAU designation. We are proud of this place and our role in it.
We’ve chosen our name with care and intention: to reflect our unity, to demonstrate our understanding of the wide range of academic positions on campus, and to advocate for job security for all of us.
