Bargaining
Collective bargaining is an important function of any union. Through collective bargaining, we can secure better working conditions and protections. Our current collective bargaining agreement (CBA) is in effect through June 2024. To prepare for negotiating our next CBA we conducted a bargaining survey in spring 2023, held several workgroups in spring and summer 2023 where members dug in on specific issues for bargaining, and hosted a series of listening sessions in fall 2023 where faculty were invited to discuss their priorities with the bargaining team.
Now our team has reached an agreement on Ground Rules for negotiations is engaged in substantive negotiations with the admin team. We won access for in-person observation of bargaining, which will be open to OSU faculty, staff, and students. Transparency is a core value of our union, and open bargaining allows our members to come see the proceedings for themselves.
Members of the OSU community are invited to observe negotiations. You can come and go as your schedule allows. Even if you can only drop by for half an hour, your attendance matters: Show the administration that faculty care about this process. Sessions will be held in at the LaSells Stewart Center or Cascade Hall.
Upcoming Bargaining Sessions
Use the links below to add session details to your calendar.
Check out our Proposal Tracker to see all proposals exchanged with the admin team so far.
Read the Latest Updates from Your Team
4.17.25 – We have a Tentative Agreement!
Your bargaining team is excited to announce that after sixteen months of bargaining, we have come to a Tentative Agreement
4.9.25 – Mediation Yields Results!
We just came to conceptual agreement in our contract negotiations! We still have some language to nail down before we
3.21.25 – Update from 1st Mediation Session
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Your UAOSU bargaining team met with the administration team and our state-appointed mediator on Tuesday, March 18 for
2.19.25 – Bargaining is stuck: on to mediation
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Your UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met at 9:30am-2pm on Tuesday, February 18. The administration team
2.17.25 – Fighting for faculty against admin indifference
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Your UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met from 11 am to 4:30 pm on Tuesday, February
2.5.25 – Meaningful Discussion, Minimal Progress
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Your UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met from 9:30-12:30 on Wednesday, January 29. The administration team