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This form is to be used by PSU employees who wish to become Associate members of PSU-AAUP who are not currently in the AAUP bargaining unit who are not currently Associate members.
Member dues and representation fees cover PSU-AAUP membership; membership in the National AAUP and in the Oregon Conference of the AAUP (AAUP-OR); and, since AAUP is an affiliate union of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), access to a variety of AFT individual member benefits.
Member dues and representation fees are 1.164% (as of Jan. 1, 2021) of all wages paid monthly. Member Dues and representation fees may increase yearly to cover increases in dues adjustments by our affiliates.