PSUFA, founded in 1979, is one of the 1st local unions to represent part-time faculty and researches who work less than .5 FTE.
We negotiate contracts, increase our collective status, and facilitate communication between our members and the University. The Portland State University Faculty Association (PSUFA) is one of the very first local unions to represent part-time faculty (teaching less than .5 FTE). We are affiliated statewide with AFT-Oregon, and nationally with the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO. For near
05/06/2026
PSUFA has achieved a Tentative Agreement (TA) with management at Portland State for a new contract!
Learn about the highlights of the new contract and get your questions answered at the upcoming Special Town Hall event!
Link to attend the meeting in bio
05/01/2026
Happy Mayday, from PSUFA!
Solidarity forever!!!
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05/01/2026
Great to see everyone on a beautiful spring day at the cross union coffee social! Keep an eye out for more of these… we are stronger together!!
04/30/2026
Join your union colleagues in May 1st, International Workers Day, and march with union members, students and community members from across Portland!
Meet in front of Portland Art Museum at 2:45 pm sharp. PSUFA will be marching with and
For a PSU specific May Day action, meet at Lincoln hall at 4:30 after the main march!
04/16/2026
Calling all labor and campus community 📣, it’s time to show PSU management that we got each others’ backs!
Join PSUFA and co-coworkers and supporters to stand up for the working confirms of adjunct faculty and researchers who work part time and teach nearly half of the classes at PSU.
Keep up the pressure to win key demands of your platform:
Fair pay
Preserved the benefits funds
Strengthened job security
Academic freedom protections
Safeguards against AI exploitation
Say it together … We are worth more!!
Meet Adrian! They are a sophomore Graphic Design major with an Advertising minor, and are in the honors program! They are a campus worker and member of PSU Student Workers Union … Hear why they support settling a fair contract for adjunct faculty now!
We are fighting for better learning and working conditions together!
04/10/2026
Join PSUFA and PSU Student Workers Union for an upcoming Debt Clinic, co-sponsored by AFT-Oregon to learn about how changes to student loan repayment plans and public student loan forgiveness!
Co-chairs Erica Thomas and Vasiliki Touhouliotis spoke with KBOO Community Radio’s Labor Radio host .jamie about PSUFA’s strike escalation campaign. They talk organizing strategies, and how the union is fighting back against the university’s union busting tactics… listen to the full episode!
https://kboo.fm/media/132742-psufa-ready-strike
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This is Avery, a History/Philosophy Major and PSU senior… listen to why they would support an adjunct strike!
03/17/2026
Let’s all take a moment to celebrate some actual good freakin’ news!! won their union election in a landslide 97.6% yes vote 🚨💥 joining the ranks of and and other undergrad workers across the country. They also made PSU a “wall to wall” union meaning every worker on campus is now represented by a union! With all of the austerity budgeting narratives, management’s bad faith bargaining, and threats to reduce programs and jobs, now is the time to join the campus labor movement. This is how we fight for the campus, classrooms, and jobs we all need.