Elections

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UA Officer Elections

We have elections for five officer and all representative positions this year, with nominations due by March 24, 2025. All members in good standing* are eligible to serve as officers or representatives and nominate other members in good standing. Self-nominations are also permitted. If you’re interested in running, our current board members are happy to talk to you and answer your questions. As always, you can contact UA staff with any questions at [email protected].

Open positions:

The Executive Council (EC) is the primary leadership body of United Academics with a focus on initiating, overseeing, or revising the program of your union. The open Executive Council positions, elected in odd years, are listed with the current board member so you can contact them with your questions.

President (Urbancic)
Secretary (Sinclair)
VP for TTF Affairs (Luebke)
VP for NTTF Research Affairs (Karns)
Chair of Organizing and Membership Committee (Davis)

Officer Elections:

To be nominated to be an officer, a member in good standing needs the signature of 10 other members in good standing. Please complete and submit this form directly to the union hall staff at 603 East 13th or email it to [email protected]. Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

In the event there is only one nominee for each position after nominations have closed and prior to ballot distribution, that nominee will be considered elected by acclamation and no ballot vote will be held. In the event of a ballot election, a notice of election will be mailed to the last known home address of each chapter member.

Nomination notices for officers must be received by 4:59 pm on March 24, 2025.

*A member in good standing is defined as a bargaining unit member who has been actively employed by the university in a bargaining unit position at any time during the last twelve months, has signed a union membership card, and either pays regular membership dues while employed by the university or pays a $10 per month membership dues fee when not employed by the university.

UA Representative Assembly Elections

Representative Elections

Representatives represent a roughly proportional number of members, with representation distributed based on both employment classification and academic work units. Information on the seats available can be found here. Representatives will be elected from these employment classifications:

•   Tenured and tenure-track faculty
•   Non-tenure track instructional faculty
•   Non-tenure track research faculty

If you wish to nominate yourself or someone else to be a representative, please complete and submit this form directly to the staff at the union hall or email it to [email protected].

Nomination notices for representatives must be received by 4:59 pm on March 24, 2025.