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 »
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Your UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met at 9:30am-2pm on Tuesday, February 18. The administration team passed three articles, showing almost no movement on crucial faculty priorities. We passed six proposals to the administration team and informed them that we have filed an Unfair Labor Practice due to their handling of
2.19.25 – Bargaining is stuck: on to mediation Read More »
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Your UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met from 11 am to 4:30 pm on Tuesday, February 11. Your UAOSU team arrived with two articles ready for tentative agreement, having worked through them in advance. The administration team brought nothing. During a caucus, your team worked through a counterproposal on Term of
2.17.25 – Fighting for faculty against admin indifference Read More »
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Your UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met from 9:30-12:30 on Wednesday, January 29. The administration team did not bring an updated compensation proposal; however, they did bring counter proposals on Benefits, Leaves, and Academic Freedom. We engaged in extensive discussion about faculty rights to freedom of expression and about the need
2.5.25 – Meaningful Discussion, Minimal Progress Read More »
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Your UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met from 9:30-3:30 on Thursday, January 23. Much of the session focused on discussion of how temporary FTE reductions will work within continuous appointments for promoted faculty. We are glad to say we came to a tentative agreement on Appointment and Reappointment and Termination Not
1.27.25 – Continuous appointments secured for NTT faculty upon promotion Read More »
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Your UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met for an all-day bargaining session on Thursday, January 16 at Cascade Hall. The administration team had no counterproposals at the start of the session. Your team brought several counterproposals, including: Termination Not for Cause, Appointments and Reappointment, Position Descriptions and Workload, and after a
1.22.25 – Admin in no rush to complete negotiations Read More »
