The AFT-Oregon Member Organizer Institute is seeking member organizers—UAOSU members who want to develop their organizing skills to build their union through outreach to other employees about their issues, rights in the workplace and how we can improve our lives and communities together as union members. The program runs April 3, Read more…
We met with the administration’s bargaining team on Wednesday, March 1, 2023 to continue negotiations over the implementation of Paid Leave Oregon (PLO), the state’s new program that will provide up to twelve weeks of paid leave to most Oregon workers. PLO allows individual employers the option to pay all Read more…
Dear Members, Starting today, the nomination period for our next UAOSU election for officer, representative assembly, and delegate positions is open. We have a new, simplified process for this election cycle! If you’d like to run for office, just send an email to elections@uaosu.org expressing your self-nomination, and include two Read more…
We met with the Administration’s bargaining team this morning to continue negotiating the implementation of Paid Leave Oregon (PLO). Thank you to the members who attended this morning’s bargaining session. Last month, the administration team surprised us by stating that OSU had applied to the state of Oregon to develop their own equivalent paid leave to be administered through Read more…
Paid Leave Oregon (PLO) is a state-wide program that will provide up to twelve weeks of paid leave to all Oregon workers. Beginning in January, the state program will be financed through employee and employer contributions with leave available next September. Individual employers have the option to pay all or Read more…
We celebrate the launch of Oregon Paid Leave, which is a victory for Oregon workers. Beginning in September 2023, workers in our state will have access to up to twelve weeks of paid leave so they can better care for themselves or for a loved one. In anticipation of the Read more…
Dear [member name], As you likely know, OSU has been engaged in an open presidential search process to select our institution’s next president. Though not without its flaws, this process has been much better than the one that produced F. King Alexander. This improvement in the process came about because Read more…
Salary inequity has been a driving issue for faculty since early in our organizing campaign. We have pursued salary equity through bargaining, most notably winning a 0.5% equity pool, to be distributed by admin, in FY2024. We are committed to negotiating for more policy changes and investments to reduce long-standing Read more…
Recently, workers in Long Island organized the first Amazon union, Starbucks unions are forming with great success across the nation, Burgerville has had success in organizing, teachers and nurses’ unions are pushing for changes. UAOSU Labor Education Caucus invites you to a conversation on 16 May 2022 at 5:30 pm Read more…
Dear Members, We are writing to announce the results of our Spring 2022 union elections! All newly elected officers and representatives will take office on May 1. Challenges and objections to the election must be submitted in writing, with a statement of supporting facts and documentation, to the elections committee Read more…