NEWSLETTER, BARGAINING
Busy Week for the Negotiating Team
July 31, 2017 / Phil Lesch
We will have had two caucuses, and one long bargaining session by weeks end. read more >
July 31, 2017 / Phil Lesch
We will have had two caucuses, and one long bargaining session by weeks end. read more >
July 31, 2017 / Phil Lesch
The PERS board set the anticipated earnings at 7.2%. Does that impact you? read more >
July 31, 2017 / Sabrina Balderama
At least once a year, Frank Phillips College, in Borger, Tex., gets a letter inviting its administration to work with the American Association of University Professors to get off of the AAUP's censure list. read more >
July 31, 2017 / Sabrina Balderama
Interview with leader from Qatar about the small country’s Education City, which has six U.S. university partners, and how it is coping with a blockade by five Arab nations. read more >
July 28, 2017 / Sabrina Balderama
How precisely can professors evaluate students' work? read more >
July 27, 2017 / Sabrina Balderama
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is conducting a study of the impacts of gender-related experiences on women in science, engineering, and medical fields read more >
July 27, 2017 / Sabrina Balderama
It is unclear what impact this policy could have on U.S. service academies and other military programs read more >
July 27, 2017 / Phil Lesch
Academic Freedom, chilling effect on research and communications, and possible FERPA violations are in play. read more >
July 27, 2017 / Sabrina Balderama
Bret Weinstein, the Evergreen State College professor who became the target of student protests at Evergreen State College read more >
July 27, 2017 / Phil Lesch
At the labor management meeting July 26 Administration agreed in principle to use IBB in bargaining the Advising Redesign Implementation issues read more >
July 27, 2017 / Phil Lesch
Administration claimed there were performance problems to justify the non-renewal, but those alleged problems were never brought to the attention of the employee read more >
July 26, 2017 / Sabrina Balderama
If there's an organized outrage machine, we need an organized response". read more >
July 26, 2017 / Sabrina Balderama
Anticipating the possibility of an internet mob harassing a professor because of something he or she said can seem a bit like prepping for a lightening bolt. read more >
July 26, 2017 / Sabrina Balderama
A debate about buildings named for people accused of holding racist ideas has called into question how Oregon State University's past aligns with its values today. read more >
July 26, 2017 / Sabrina Balderama
At a special meeting on July 21, the Portland State Board of Trustees approved a resolution to lower the planned tuition increase set for Fall term. read more >
July 25, 2017 / Phil Lesch
We are hearing from faculty members asserting the building is unsafe. Members have recourse in Article 24 Section 4 read more >
July 24, 2017 / Phil Lesch
AAUP National Dues announcements are made each year as part of the AAUP Annual meeting in June. read more >
July 22, 2017 / Phil Lesch
An academic professional who was hired on 1/3/2011 was provide a longevity increase of 3 years read more >
July 22, 2017 / Phil Lesch
As per Article 30, Sections 3(c) and 3(d)) the COLA should be the maximum allowable rate. read more >
July 21, 2017 / Phil Lesch
Negotiating Team has identified 6 framing questions to pursue in IBB and formally requests IBB read more >