Local 212 Information

AFT Local 212 is the certified bargaining agent for teachers, counselors, and professional staff at the Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC). Our union serves as the voice for faculty and educational professionals in decision-making that shapes institutional policies, and therefore, factors that affect student success. We are proud that over 80% of MATCs full-time faculty and professional staff are members. Local 212 seeks to foster an equitable society by enriching, empowering and transforming the lives of MATCs students and educational professionals and to meet the needs of the communities that we serve. Our union does this by serving as a passionate, effective and influential voice for MATCs faculty, educational professionals and students, and by advocating for MATC, public education and an equitable society. Faculty and staff must be empowered to participate in strategic, academic and financial decision-making that affects our working conditions, programs and curriculum, the success of our students, the viability of the college, and its valuing by the community. Local 212 meets and confers with the MATC administration over these concerns and negotiates wages as allowed by law. Educational professionals require and deserve structures and practices that provide for and ensure equitable compensation and state-of-the- art working conditions that foster teaching excellence and student success. Local 212 fights for employee rights, shared decision-making, and academic freedom for its members and it represents our members in conflicts with management and disciplinary meetings. Student success is dependent upon their educational experience and, therefore, on the knowledge, abilities and effectiveness of their instructors. Educators require and deserve professional growth opportunities that allow for exploring and mastering skills that not only promote effective student growth in multiple learning domains, but that also foster personal satisfaction and career validation. Local 212 leads MATC faculty ...