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Greetings, and welcome to the Fall ’26 edition of “And Another Dam Thing,” the UAOSU Newsletter.   In this edition of our newsletter, you will find: A message from Joseph Orosco, our union’s president Info about our Fall Picnic Upcoming UAOSU Events Reminders about Workday and Merit Raises A Step in the Right Direction for

Dear Colleagues,    In case you haven’t heard, last month our classified staff at OSU (SEIU 503) declared impasse in their Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations at the state level. While we certainly hope that the Parties can come to a fair deal that provides the stability and respect our colleagues deserve, SEIU 503 is holding

UAOSU welcomes the unionization efforts of the Oregon State Women’s Basketball Team with United College Athlete’s Association (UCAA). We believe collective bargaining provides a stable way to collaborate and solve problems with the administration, and a mechanism to protect the rights and voices of workers. This is no different when it comes to the labor

By now, you should have received notice of your merit raise for the upcoming academic year. We are hearing from across the country that non-unionized academic faculty are receiving no or very minimal raises, so we’re proud to have fought for and won guaranteed raises of at least 2% for all OSU academic faculty! We’re

Dear Colleagues,    The Provost’s recent email (sent this morning, Monday, May 11) noted compensation increases for “professional and unrepresented faculty.” He said that this increase program would be a merit raise with no less than 2% and not to exceed 4.25%. The Provost’s email did not mention compensation increases for represented faculty which the

Greetings, and welcome to the Spring ’26 edition of “And Another Dam Thing,” the UAOSU Newsletter.  In this edition of our newsletter, you will find: A message from Marisa Chappell, our union’s executive vice-president on the history of May Day Info about UAOSU events related to May Day  May Day events hosted by our labor

We have heard from several members this week that promoted faculty in non-tenure-track positions have started receiving notices from OSU Human Resources indicating their transition to continuous appointment. This reflects a significant win from our last round of contract negotiations and an increase in job protections for non-tenure track faculty.   Rather than prior practice

Spring term is underway, and your faculty union has several events planned in the upcoming weeks. More information below on each event, and we hope to see you there!  Odd Friday Happy Hours – (April 17, May 1, May 15, May 29) at Common Fields, 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm Join your union for our

UAOSU members and our labor allies are invited to join the first meeting of the Immigrant Rights Study Group on Tuesday, March 3rd at 5pm.  This is a joint effort of the Labor Education Caucus and the Social Justice Committee.  We will be reading two short essays about immigration justice and the labor movement:  one