We are affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT).
AFT is a union of professionals that champions fairness; democracy; economic opportunity; and high-quality public education, healthcare and public services for our students, their families and our communities. We are committed to advancing these principles through community engagement, organizing, collective bargaining and political activism, and especially through the work our members do.
We are Wentworth.
In 1973, the Wentworth Faculty joined together in solidarity to form the Wentworth Faculty Federation AFT-Local 2403 (AFL-CIO) under the following auspices:
To create an association of the full-time faculty of Wentworth Institute of Technology for their mutual assistance and cooperation.
To obtain for that faculty the rights to which they are entitled.
To raise the standards of the teaching profession by securing the conditions essential to the best professional service.
To provide appropriate faculty working conditions for delivery of the best possible technical and general education to students so that they will be able to take their places in the industrial, social and political life of the community.
To assist in making policy between the faculty and the administration, and to assist in faculty governance issues.
Our Values
The Wentworth Faculty Federation is dedicated to the equity and inclusion of all our members, students, and supporters. . We value the voices and contributions of all members of our community. The Wentworth Faculty Federation leadership is committed to prioritizing inclusion and equity in all of its work from the bargaining table to member events, and in its recruitment of and participation by member volunteers and member leaders. (modified from Portland State University)
“In September 1973, by a thin margin, Wentworth's faculty voted to unionize. Since that time, they have bargained collectively as members of the American Federation of Teachers, Local 2403. It was an unusual step to take; of the 2,300 private institutions of higher education in the U.S., only 67 have faculty who are represented by unions.”
From A Century of Honesty, Energy, Economy, System by Joseph P. Clifford, published 2003