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 […]
5.11.26 – Salary Increases ‘26-’27 Read More »
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
4.27.26 – Celebrate May Day with Us Read More »
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
4.23.26 – Roll Out of Continuous Appointment Read More »
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
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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
3.2.26 – Immigrant Rights Study Group Read More »
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, please 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
3.2.26 – Nominations for union officers open today! Read More »
Greetings, and welcome to the Winter ’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 next week’s General Membership Meeting Updates on current projects from our committees Upcoming UAOSU events A legislative update From Your
2.17.26 – Building a better OSU through community Read More »
Happy New Year! 2025 has come to an end, and 2026 looks to be as eventful and challenging as the year we left behind. We will have more updates to share soon, but to kick off the new term we wanted to share a few upcoming events and opportunities to build deeper connections with fellow
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Every first Friday of the month, our national affiliates AFT and AAUP will be holding days of action in support of higher education leading up to a larger day of action on May 1, 2026. This month’s Day of Action falls on Friday, December 5. As part of the larger movement, we’re asking our members
12.3.25 – Wear your UAOSU shirt on Dec 5 to show solidarity with higher ed workers! Read More »
In light of the recent uncertainty over SNAP benefits and increased ICE activity in our communities, members of your UAOSU Social Justice Committee started compiling resources to share with our faculty colleagues. During these tumultuous and uncertain times, it’s important that we show up for our communities, share information, and help make sure our students,
11.12.25 – Sharing Important Community Resources Read More »
