Austin Community College American Federation of Teachers Local 6249

Join ACCAFT Today!

We are affiliated with the national American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the state organization, Texas AFT. We organized in 1999 and have members from all classifications of non-administrative ACC employees: Classified, Prof-Tech, Adjunct, Hourly and Full Time Faculty. We are separate from the employee associations at ACC and are therefore free to pursue our goals without administrative influence.

We are dedicated to improving the salaries and health insurance of all employees, including protecting the rights of all ACC employees. Building a large and strong membership is the key to these endeavors. CLICK HERE TO JOIN TODAY!

If you would like representation for grievances and access to our Legal Defense Fund and Labor Attorney, you MUST become a member now, before your problem begins. Click on "Membership" to fill out a membership form.

Our union is a professional organization regularly engaged in the life of the college district. Membership dues support advocacy on workplace issues, training events, and career protection.
If you believe faculty should have a voice in educational issues, you should join.
If you believe employees should have a voice in the political process, you should join
If you believe in the value of employees helping out each other, you should join.
If you believe employees should be treated with dignity, fairness, and respect, you should join.
Your dues help support these values!

24-25 Member dues amounts are as follows:

$42.25/Mo - Full time Faculty
$29.63/Mo - Classified/Prof.Tech
$24.00/Mo - Adjuncts & Part time hourly employees earning more than $12,000/yr
$18.21/Mo - Adjuncts & part time hourly employees earning less than $11,999/yr

Questions about membership, benefits or workplace issues? Let us know!

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ACCAFT Constitution and Bylaws - Ratified August 2023

ACC-AFT updated Constitution and Bylaws- August 2023

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What unions do

In AFT President Randi Weingarten’s latest New York Times column, she describes what it is exactly that unions do. Though unions are the most popular they have been in decades, anti-union sentiment still thrives in red states and across the nation. “Several years ago, The Atlantic ran a story whose headline made even me, a labor leader, scratch my head: ‘Union Membership: Very Sexy,’” Weingarten writes in the column. “The gist was that higher wages, health benefits and job security—all associated with union membership—boost one’s chances of getting married. Belonging to a union doesn’t actually guarantee happily ever after, but it does help working people have a better life in the here and now.” Click through to read the full column.

Smears vs. solutions

Randi Weingarten at a Massachusetts high school

Summer is upon us, and parents, children and teachers are winding down from what has been an exhausting and fully operational school year—the first since the devastating pandemic. The long-lasting impact of COVID-19 has affected our students’ and families’ well-being and ignited the politics surrounding public schools. All signs point to the coming school year unfolding with the same sound and fury, and if extremist culture warriors have their way, being even more divisive and stressful.

President's Blog

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ACCAFT's history

Several concerned ACC employees met one afternoon in September, 1998, to organize a local chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, AFL/CIO. Representatives of the Texas Federation of Teachers and the Austin Federation of Teachers explained the purpose, structure, and strategy of a union of employees in higher education.