News & Updates
8.27.25 – Member Organizing Institute
Our union will be participating in AFT-Oregon’s Member Organizer Institute (MOI), a paid training opportunity for those ready to take their union organizing skills to the next
5.20.25 – Renewal Letter Issues
Dear colleagues, It has come to our attention that many faculty are receiving renewal letters that contain errors. In particular, faculty are not seeing
4.30.25 – Contract approved!
Dear Colleagues: We did it! After 16 long months of bargaining, we have our second contract. Voting ended earlier today with a super majority
4.22.25 – Vote YES to Ratify Our New Contract!
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
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 (TA) on a new Collective
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 prepare for ratification, but 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 our first mediation session. Unfortunately,
4.16.25 – Results from our 2025 union election
Dear members, The UAOSU Elections Committee is pleased to announce our new officers, delegates, and reps for 2025! If you’re wondering if you somehow missed
2.27.25 – Nominations for union officers open today!
Dear Members, Starting today, the nomination period for our next UAOSU election for officer, representative assembly, and delegate positions is open. If you’d like to
2.20.25 – Register now for our March 6 Member Meeting
Dear Members, Earlier this month over 160 UAOSU members and our allies rallied together on the Corvallis Campus to call on the OSU administration
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 passed three articles, showing almost
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 11. Your UAOSU team arrived
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 did not bring an updated
1.27.25 – Continuous appointments secured for NTT faculty upon promotion
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
1.22.25 – Admin in no rush to complete negotiations
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Your UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met for an all-day bargaining session on Thursday, January 16 at Cascade Hall. The administration
1.15.25 – See our latest proposal on compensation
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Your UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met for a morning bargaining session on Friday, January 10 at Cascade Hall. The administration
1.8.25 – Read admin’s latest compensation proposal
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Your UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met from 9:30-4:00 on Friday, December 20, 2024, in Cascades Hall. We brought a Letter
12.19.24 – Getting closer on some key articles
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Your UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met from 10am-4pm on Tuesday, December 17. The administration team passed a counter proposal on