One of the most important things you can do as a member of Contract Faculty United – UAW is to help elect those who will continue to move us forward. We are voting now for Unit Chair, and five Unit Representative positions. We will be holding further elections in the fall. (See below signature for position descriptions.)
The election will be held via secret ballot, electronically, from 8 AM ET on Friday, May 15, 2026 until 5 PM ET on Friday, May 22, 2026.
Please take a few minutes to learn about the candidates here.
Voter Eligibility
Eligible voters are Contract Faculty who are currently employed and who have filled out a UAW Membership Declaration. If you have not yet signed up, you can do it now!
Vote Method
ElectionBuddy is an electronic platform that guarantees the secrecy of ballots and ensures that no one can vote more than once. It is the same system we have used for other votes, like our contract ratification, our strike authorization, and our bargaining committee election.
How to Vote
If you have filled out a Membership form, ElectionBuddy will send you an email with a unique link to your online ballot once voting has opened on May 15. If you cannot locate the email from ElectionBuddy with the ballot, including in your spam, junk, and promotions folders, or if you have other questions, email us at cfu.uaw@gmail.com.
Thank you to everyone who has already authorized the deduction of union dues or agency fees. If you have not yet, you may do so here. Only those who have signed a UAW Membership Declaration may vote in this election. For more information about your legal rights and obligations, please review this “Notice to Persons Covered by Union Security Agreements Regulated Under the National Labor Relations Act.”
You can find full descriptions of the Unit Chair and Unit Representative positions below.
In solidarity,
David Cregar (Clinical Professor, Faculty of Arts and Science)
CFU-UAW Election Committee
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Unit Chair – 1 position, elected at large
The Unit Chair is the executive of our union. They will perform all the tasks listed below as Unit Representatives. In addition, they will perform crucial administrative tasks for the union, assisted by the Representatives. They will liaise with other campus unions and with the administration. If we hire staff, they will supervise that staff in conjunction with the Local President. The Unit Chair will also serve on Local 7902’s Executive Board and Joint Council.
Under Article 8 of our collective bargaining agreement, the Unit Chair will be assigned a course release in the fall and spring semesters.
N.B.: technically this vote will be to advise the Local 7902 President to appoint an interim Unit Chair who will serve until a three-year Unit Chair can be elected in the fall.
Unit Representatives – 5 seats, elected at large, no more than 2 per school
Unit representatives will enforce our collective bargaining agreement by representing members in investigatory and disciplinary meetings and in grievances at all steps. They will represent grievants and prepare Step Three grievances (that is, grievances that are appealed from the dean to the Office of Employee Relations) and, if grievances go to arbitration, handle the arbitration with the Local’s attorneys. They will educate members to understand the contract and their rights under it, and they will orient new bargaining unit members as they are hired. Unit representatives will learn the contract backwards and forwards, including the bargaining history that governs its interpretation.
Unit representatives will assist the Unit Chair in the tasks outlined above, and will be part of the Workplace Council that will govern our unit between membership meetings. The term for unit representatives is up to three years; representatives may step down after a year or two to allow us to stagger terms.
Under Article 8 of our collective bargaining agreement, unit representatives will be assigned a course release in the fall and spring semesters.