Under the Collective Bargaining Agreement between Pratt and UFCT Local 1460, Pratt committed $1,000,000 in equalization funds (2022–2027) to address minimum compensation rates and salary inequities among full- and part-time faculty. These funds are being distributed over three years: $400,000 in AY 2023–24, $400,000 in AY 2024–25, and $200,000 in AY 2025–26. The Equalization Fund for Fall 2025 has now been complete eligible faculty. 143 faculty were adjusted, and those receiving an adjustment...

UFCT 1460 Presidential Election Results Emily Beall will be the new President of UFCT 1460. Emily Beall, the President-elect, will join Audrey Lindsey (Vice President), Sarah Wilkins (Secretary), and Dan Wright (Treasurer) as the union’s new Executive Committee starting on January 1, 2026. Many congratulations to our newly elected leadership team!   On behalf of the Nominations & Elections Committee, many thanks to everyone who participated in this year’s election process.    Below is data...

Candidate Statement — Professor Harriet Harriss (PhD) for UFCT President I am standing for the presidency of the United Federation of College Teachers at Pratt because our community - our shared labor, care, and creative freedom - is under assault. The Institute’s proposed cuts to healthcare, framed as “necessary adjustments,” are in truth regressive redistributions of financial burden that strike hardest at the most vulnerable among us: initiated at the same time that Pratt’s president...