Our union will be participating in AFT-Oregon’s Member Organizer Institute (MOI), a paid training opportunity for those ready to take their union organizing skills to the next level and build our local for the future. MOI is a 3-month intensive paid training program that teaches organizing skills through real-world experience in concert with staff and local leaders. MOI trains […]
8.27.25 – Member Organizing Institute Read More »
Dear colleagues, It has come to our attention that many faculty are receiving renewal letters that contain errors. In particular, faculty are not seeing their new salary increases represented in these notices, and faculty who are eligible for multi-year contracts (and will be eligible for continuous employment contracts next year) are seeing 1 year
5.20.25 – Renewal Letter Issues Read More »
Dear Colleagues: We did it! After 16 long months of bargaining, we have our second contract. Voting ended earlier today with a super majority of UAOSU members participating and a resounding 98.3% approval of the new collective bargaining agreement. Represented faculty who are eligible for the AY 24-25 pay increase should expect the
4.30.25 – Contract approved! Read More »
As you know, your bargaining team reached a tentative agreement (TA) with the administration last week on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) governing salaries and working conditions of most academic faculty at OSU. While we did not win everything we wanted or everything faculty deserve, we believe we won the best agreement that was
4.22.25 – Vote YES to Ratify Our New Contract! Read More »
Your bargaining team is excited to announce that after sixteen months of bargaining, we have come to a Tentative Agreement (TA) on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with OSU’s administration. Based on responses to our bargaining survey, participation in bargaining forums, and hundreds and hundreds of conversations with academic faculty across OSU, we entered
4.17.25 – We have a Tentative Agreement! Read More »
We just came to conceptual agreement in our contract negotiations! We still have some language to nail down before we prepare for ratification, but we have general agreement on the content. Your bargaining team will bring it to our union’s Executive Committee, and will share the details soon, as we work out the final language
4.9.25 – Mediation Yields Results! Read More »
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Your UAOSU bargaining team met with the administration team and our state-appointed mediator on Tuesday, March 18 for our first mediation session. Unfortunately, after nine hours in mediation, we received a package from the administration team that did not include a proposal on Compensation. UPCOMING EVENTS Fri 3/21 4-6pm, End of Term
3.21.25 – Update from 1st Mediation Session Read More »
Dear members, The UAOSU Elections Committee is pleased to announce our new officers, delegates, and reps for 2025! If you’re wondering if you somehow missed your ballot, you didn’t! At the close of our nominations period this year, none of our officer, delegate, or representative positions were contested – which is not uncommon for local
4.16.25 – Results from our 2025 union election Read More »
Dear Members, Starting today, the nomination period for our next UAOSU election for officer, representative assembly, and delegate positions is open. If you’d like to run for office, just send an email to elections@uaosu.org expressing your self-nomination, and include two forwarded emails from other members in good standing who support your nomination. All members who
2.27.25 – Nominations for union officers open today! Read More »
Dear Members, Earlier this month over 160 UAOSU members and our allies rallied together on the Corvallis Campus to call on the OSU administration to negotiate a contract that addresses your priorities. After the rally we delivered our Stability, Equity, and Respect petition containing over 600 faculty signatures to Provost Feser urging him and
2.20.25 – Register now for our March 6 Member Meeting Read More »
