Today we held an information session open to all fixed-term faculty members to share important reminders about timely provisions of our new Collective Bargaining Agreement that apply specifically to fixed-term faculty. If you were unable to attend the information session we want to make sure that all fixed-term faculty have Read more…
On July 30, we met again with representatives from the administration to bargain over the impacts of the resumption of in-person work across OSU’s campuses, extension offices, and research stations. And, once again, a primary topic of discussion was our proposed Memorandum of Understanding that would allow each faculty member Read more…
Bargaining: Impact of COVID-19 Resumption Plan & Policies On July 23rd, we held our second negotiation session over the impact of resuming in-person work at OSU. We continued to encourage administration to engage with our memorandum of understanding, which would grant the right for any faculty member to choose for Read more…
Last Thursday, we had two important meetings with members of OSU Administration: one to set the level of salary reduction to be implemented beginning in August and the other to begin our negotiations over the conditions of resuming in-person work. Salary Reductions When we negotiated salary reductions, we stipulated that Read more…
Your UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met 2–5 pm on Tuesday, December 17 in the LaSells Stewart Center. The session focused on the Administration team’s Compensation counter-proposal, from which three issues arose: Pay Increases: The Administration’s proposal now recognizes that all bargaining unit members should be eligible for Read more…
Dear Colleagues, On Monday, our UAOSU bargaining team was offered a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on compensation for the 2020 fiscal year (FY2020). The MOU: required us to sign away our right to negotiate salaries for FY2020 in exchange for inclusion in the faculty salary increase program announced by the Read more…
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT POSITION DESCRIPTIONS LETTER OF AGREEMENT – POSITION DESCRIPTIONS ANNUAL REVIEW PROMOTION IN THE FIXED-TERM INSTRUCTIONAL CATEGORIES AND FIXED-TERM RESEARCH CATEGORIES PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW HEALTH PLAN RETIREMENT BENEFITS
October 24, 2019 The Organizing Committee of United Academics of OSU extends its support to OSU student Genesis Hansen, a Philosophy and English major in her fourth year. She was stopped on her bicycle by an Oregon state trooper, lawfully refused to give her identification, and was then forcibly arrested. Read more…
During the bargaining session on Saturday at OSU-Cascades, the administration took a new stance that would radically weaken compensation and job protections for faculty. Among the administration’s most troubling proposals were: Refusing to guarantee the current level of employer contributions to and quality of our health-insurance and retirement benefits, which Read more…