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
4.13.26 – Spring into the end of the year with UAOSU Read More »
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
1.14.26 – Upcoming Events with Your Union Read More »
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 »
Hello, fellow instructors and senior instructors. I’m writing to invite you to a fast-approaching hybrid workshop / discussion about our promotion process here at OSU. Co-hosted by fellow instructors and UAOSU leaders, we’ll talk about: benefits of promotion eligibility and timelines advice from already promoted faculty questions, comments and concerns about initiating and navigating
11.10.25 – Join our Instructor Promotion Workshop on Wed Nov 19 3:30-4:30pm Read More »
Next Wednesday, November 5, from 5:30-7 pm we will be holding our Fall Term General Membership Meeting in the Journey Room at Memorial Union (and on Zoom). While we will be talking about our new contract and how we can work together on implementation, we will also be discussing the rapidly changing higher education landscape
11.3.25 – RSVP for our Fall General Membership Meeting! And other important reminders Read More »
