At our 12th Bargaining Session, November 19, 2013, our AAUP Bargaining team submitted a revised package proposal to the Administration. We provided explanations for our requests with respect to the changes made in the articles in our package. read more >

In a study based commissioned by the PSU-AAUP, using data provided by PSU’s HR Department to the PSU Library, staff from the Center for Labor Research and Studies at FIU found sharply divergent trends for investments in administrative positions and salaries vs. faculty positions and salaries over the past ten years. read more >

1. 250 PSU Faculty, Oregon Senator Dembrow & Supporters Rally and March! 2. Press about PSU Budget Cuts and Bargaining - Add your Voice! 3. No Progress During Bargaining Nov. 19th - on to Mediation, FEG & Travel Fund Intact 4. Open Budget Forum MONDAY, 3 - 5 pm, CH 53: What Would we Have to Know to Accept the Case for Big Cuts? Are there Discrepancies between Board Materials and PSU Presentations? 5. PSU-AAUP Fall Membership Drive Winners! read more >

Portland Mercury-- Portland State University’s administration is once again looking to slim down the school’s budget. Needless to say students, faculty and the faculty union aren’t happy. read more >

NW Labor Press- Full-time PSU faculty are represented by American Association of University Professors (AAUP), but this year’s union contract talks have not produced an agreement, and the two sides begin mediation in December. read more >

Universities try to cash in on discoveries — gene splicing, brain chemistry, computer-chip design — but the great majority of them fail to turn their research into a source of income, according to a new study from the Brookings Institution. read more >

Portland, OR – Tuesday, 11/19/13 12:00 PM: faculty, staff, students, and community members rallied with the PSU chapter of the American Association of University Professors to demand a student-centered budget in response to an administrative directive that all academic units identify 8% of their budget for possible elimination. read more >

NEWS !! Please Join the PSU-AAUP Rally & March for a Decent Contract! Tuesday, Nov. 19th, 12 - 1 pm. Meet at Noon, 3rd Floor SMSU Now is the time to come out to push for a decent contract for the next biennium! We need everybody who can possibly make it - the strength of a union is people power. read more >

Bargaining Report #10 about Bargaining Session #10, October 15, & #11, November 5, 2013 read more >

As colleges begin using massive open online courses (MOOC) to reduce faculty costs, a Johns Hopkins University professor has announced plans for MOOA (massive open online administrations). Dr. Benjamin Ginsberg, author of The Fall of the Faculty, says that many colleges and universities face the same administrative issues every day. read more >

Announcements: 1. Rally for Last Bargaining Date: Nov. 19th, Noon, SMSU - watch for details! 2. Joint AAUP-Faculty Senate Budget Forum, Monday, Nov. 25th, 3 - 5 pm, CH 53 3. Contract Expires Nov. 30th 4. Bargaining Mediation Dates Set: Dec. 18th & 19th News 1. Executive Payroll Soars at PSU, Despite Ongoing Budget Cuts 2. Prioritize Academics, if We Really Must Cut Again read more >

Details on pay increases at the Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) were announced in the OIT Faculty Senate on Tuesday, Oct. 1st. read more >

Is PSU Broke? The Story Keeps Changing....... The message from PSU Administrators lurched back and forth this year between sanguine news and abrupt calls to cut, CUT, CUT! read more >