April 12, 2021 Dear President Naganathan and Provost Mott, We are writing to you today to urge you to come to the bargaining table and conclude negotiations with your faculty union, Oregon Tech-AAUP. The approach you have taken thus far is damaging to your institution, your faculty, and your students. Read more…
March 10, 2021 Dear Members of the OSU Board of Trustees, As an organization, United Academics of Oregon State University values respect, equality, and social justice. The Executive Council of UAOSU is deeply disturbed by the recent corroboration of President F. King Alexander’s role in protecting the head coach and Read more…
To the members of OFNHP AFT Local 5017, We stand in solidarity with you in your fight for fair wages, safe working conditions, and a faircontract at St. Charles Medical Center. Our union represents members across Oregon, includingthe OSU Cascades campus in Bend, and we recognize the importance of the Read more…
Reports regarding vaccine distribution and effectiveness are indeed welcome news. It seems likely that the Oregon State community will be able to return to some level of in-person work in the fall. We look forward to the time when we can be together again, engaging with our students in actual Read more…
We, the elected leadership of UAOSU, are outraged by the administration’s decision to pursue a$153 million stadium renovation project at this, of all moments.OSU has laid off staff and demanded salary reductions in response to the COVID-19 pandemiceven as it has asked faculty, staff, and graduate employees to take on Read more…
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 Read more…
Dear members, Starting today, the nomination period for our next UAOSU election for officer and representative assembly positions is open. When we wrote our Constitution and Bylaws, we chose to have annual elections take place each spring; however, due to the timing on our first contract ratification, we had to Read more…
The UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met 12:30–1:30 on Wednesday, December 16 on Zoom. We successfully finalized a Memorandum of Understanding regarding the impact of COVID-19 on Reviews, Promotion, and Tenure. UAOSU’s goal was to ensure that all bargaining unit members are fully informed of their right to Read more…
The UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met on December 2 from 3–4 pm and again on December 8 from 4–5 via Zoom. The topic of our negotiations in both sessions was the impact of COVID-19 on Reviews, Promotion, and Tenure. We now have agreement on a number of Read more…
The UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met 2–3pm on Monday, November 23 on Zoom. During our previous session, administration brought a counterproposal on the subject of COVID-19 testing that was not directly responsive to our previous MOU asking to ensure testing was covered for bargaining unit faculty working Read more…