The NMHU Faculty and Staff Association (NMHU FASA) is a joint local with membership in both the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA) chartered on October 1, 1998. As a joint local, we work with both of our unions to ensure fair and equitable treatment of all employees, while we provide a quality education to our students. Our NMHU FASA has three bargaining units to date:
· NMHU Faculty Association- represents all tenured and tenure track faculty
· NMHU General Staff Association (non-exempt) – represents non exempt employees
· NMHU Professional Staff Association – represents professional employees (exempt)
In addition, we are working with AFT to organize the grant-funded staff positions. Unfortunately, the university is fighting against us legally in this organization, stating that temporary employees do not have the right to organize. We adamantly oppose this viewpoint and have litigation pending against them in District Court. We are also working with AFT on organizing our contingent faculty (term, retained term, and adjunct). Help us fight for a wall-to-wall union at NMHU!