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The UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met 1–5 on Tuesday, September 10 at the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport. Ten faculty members observed the session. The Administration team brought counterproposals on Recognition, Academic Classification, Grievance Process, and Non-Discrimination. The teams are moving closer together on a number Read more…

The UAOSU Bargaining Team and the Administration Bargaining Team met on Tuesday, April 30 for the 4th bargaining session. Over the course of the four-hour session, thirty-nine faculty members packed the small room arranged by the administration. We introduced three new articles: notice of appointment, position descriptions, and annual review. Read more…

The UAOSU Bargaining Team and the administration team met on Saturday, April 27 in Moreland Hall. Twenty faculty members observed bargaining. The administration presented two counterproposals: savings and personnel files. We introduced seven new articles: fringe benefits; benefits for eligible retired faculty members; public employee benefits; postdoctoral scholar and postdoctoral Read more…

The UAOSU Bargaining Team met with the administration team on Saturday, March 23 for our first discussion of substantive proposals. The administration team was joined for the first time by Heather Horn, OSU’s newly hired assistant provost for academic employee and labor relations. Forty-eight faculty members came to observe bargaining, Read more…

The UAOSU bargaining team met with the administration team in the Valley Library during the afternoon of February 18. We, again, attempted to establish ground rules so that we could begin bargaining over real proposals and finding solutions to the myriad problems facing the OSU faculty. We were, unfortunately, again Read more…

Your bargaining team met with the administration team for the third time this past Wednesday. The parties have been trying to come to agreement on ground rules for our negotiations. We have reached agreement on several minor issues, such as who will schedule the bargaining rooms and the order in Read more…

We met with the administration’s bargaining team on Tuesday, December 11. We continued our conversation about ground rules for our negotiation sessions. We exchanged proposals and views on how best to proceed toward securing a final agreement. We learned that we had very different visions for how to achieve agreement, Read more…

This is the first of what we anticipate will be frequent updates from your bargaining team. We are privileged to represent most of the faculty of Oregon State at the bargaining table. We will strive to keep you updated on our efforts without overwhelming you with information. We appreciate all Read more…