Dear Colleagues, By now you have likely heard that graduate employees may go on strike in the coming weeks. Similar to our own experiences in bargaining, these workers have been engaged in difficult negotiations with the Administration over the last year. Following the process laid out in state law, the Coalition of Graduate Employees […]
10.21.24 – Preparing for a possible graduate employee strike Read More »
Dear Members, As we enter our tenth month of contract negotiations, it is vital that we stay united in our efforts to push the administration to do more than the bare minimum for our faculty. We must stay connected as a union to send a clear message to the administration about our priorities for
10.17.24 – Register now for our upcoming GMM Read More »
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Your UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met from 10am-2pm on Thursday, September 26 in Cascade Hall. This session was particularly action-packed, as a total of 11 counterproposals were exchanged following a brief presentation from a representative from OSU’s finance and administration office. This presentation, which offered a positive overview of financial
10.2.24 – Baby steps on Compensation Read More »
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Your UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met 9am-5pm on Thursday, September 5. The administration team presented Benefits and Leaves. We presented Health, Safety, Facilities, and Work Site, Promotion and/or Tenure, and Periodic Review of Faculty. We also met 9am-4:30pm on Wednesday, September 11. The administration team presented Position Descriptions
9.16.24 – Admin continues to stall on compensation Read More »
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Your bargaining team and the administration team met on Friday, August 16 from 9-11 and again on Thursday, August 22 from 9-12 in Cascade Hall. During the first of these two sessions, the administration passed the Position Descriptions and Workload article, and verbally declined Letters of Agreement regarding Promotion Criteria for Instructors &
8.29.24 – Seeking Clarity and Equity in Workload Read More »
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Your UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met on Thursday, July 25 in front of a standing room only crowd of faculty observers. During the 2.5 hour session we passed four counterproposals to the administration team: Compensation, Academic Freedom and Shared Governance, Academic Classification and Rank, and a proposed letter of agreement
7.30.24 – Asking admin to try again on compensation Read More »
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Your UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met at 9am-noon on Wednesday, July 10 and 9am-1pm on Tuesday, July 16. In the first session, we passed 3 counterproposals to the administration team: Grievance Procedure, Union Rights, and Non-Discrimination and Respectful Workplace. The administration team passed 3 counterproposals: Personnel Records, Dues Deduction, and
7.24.24 – Bargaining Update: Baby steps Read More »
Your UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met on Tuesday, June 25th from 9 am to 3:30 pm in Cascades Hall 20. During the 6.5 hours, observers witnessed a flurry of proposals exchanged, weighty discussions, and the signing of 3 Tentative Agreements (TA). Your team passed Separability, Management Rights, Totality of Agreement, Personnel Records,
7.8.24 – Slow progress… help us make more! Read More »
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Your UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met on Tuesday, June 18th from 12pm to 3pm in Cascades Hall 143. The administration team didn’t pass a proposal. Your team passed union rights and promotion and/or tenure. The two sides further discussed the rationale behind the administration’s paltry compensation proposal from their package
6.24.24 Minimal investment in faculty Read More »
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Your UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met from 9:30am to 1:30pm in Cascades Hall 143. The administration passed a “package” of 5 Articles (Compensation, Benefits, Leaves, Research Support & Copyright, and Term of Agreement) and a counterproposal to our Letter of Agreement on Support for Caregivers. Collectively, they exhibit a shocking
6.14.24 Prosperity Widely Shared . . . But Not With Faculty Read More »
