Dear colleagues, It has come to our attention that many faculty are receiving renewal letters that contain errors. In particular, faculty are not seeing their new salary increases represented in these notices, and faculty who are eligible for multi-year contracts (and will be eligible for continuous employment contracts next year) are seeing 1 year […]
5.20.25 – Renewal Letter Issues Read More »
Dear Colleagues: We did it! After 16 long months of bargaining, we have our second contract. Voting ended earlier today with a super majority of UAOSU members participating and a resounding 98.3% approval of the new collective bargaining agreement. Represented faculty who are eligible for the AY 24-25 pay increase should expect the
4.30.25 – Contract approved! Read More »
As you know, your bargaining team reached a tentative agreement (TA) with the administration last week on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) governing salaries and working conditions of most academic faculty at OSU. While we did not win everything we wanted or everything faculty deserve, we believe we won the best agreement that was
4.22.25 – Vote YES to Ratify Our New Contract! Read More »
Your bargaining team is excited to announce that after sixteen months of bargaining, we have come to a Tentative Agreement (TA) on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with OSU’s administration. Based on responses to our bargaining survey, participation in bargaining forums, and hundreds and hundreds of conversations with academic faculty across OSU, we entered
4.17.25 – We have a Tentative Agreement! Read More »
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 »
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 »
