About PSU-AAUP Associate & Emeritus Membership
Associate Membership
Associate Membership is a class of membership designed for Portland State employees that are not in the PSU-AAUP bargaining unit. It is completely voluntary.
Though Associate membership is non-voting membership, there are significant benefits to Associate membership:
- Associate members get emails from us. We have an associate member email database and we keep associate members in the loop about issues impacting faculty at PSU in relationship with management and in state issues.
- Associate members can get regalia reimbursement like regular members up to $58/year.
- Associate members as a group freely use the Executive Director as a resource in their relationship with management as a manager, and in brainstorming strategies to problems from the basis of being an enlightened, employee-oriented manager.
- AAUP members consult with Associate members to get a management perspective on faculty issues.
- Associate members can deduct member dues as a tax deduction.
- Associate members have the undying gratitude of AAUP members for standing in solidarity with them on issues that affect their employment, and quality higher education as an investment in Oregon’s future.
- When the Executive Director has an opportunity to recommend managers to important committees (they will frequently make suggestions about the management bargaining team and other committees where AAUP and management interface), they will suggest Associate members first (if they are interested in being appointed).
Associate membership dues are the same as regular membership. They are currently 1.164% of monthly salary (as of January 1, 2021).
We hope you will consider remaining an Associate member during your time away from the AAUP bargaining unit. If you have any questions about Associate Membership, contact aaup@psuaaup.net.
Associate Membership Application
Emeritus Membership
Retired from PSU and want to keep in touch with our latest updates and newsletters? Become an Emeritus Member today!
Emeritus membership is only for past members of the PSU-AAUP who have retired from services from Portland State University and no longer have earnings from PSU. As per the PSU-AAUP Constitution, Emeritus membership in PSU-AAUP have no voting rights and shall pay no Chapter dues. Emeritus members are expected to pay dues directly to National AAUP and you must provide documentation that shows you are a National AAUP Member.
Emeritus Membership Application
This is a record of PSU's faculty decisions, made by the Faculty Senate and AAUP, and the final decision from PSU's President, Wim Wiewel.
Date Faculty Decisions Wim Wiewel's Decision
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Senate confirmed their support Board of Trustees approved
of the proposed resolution to authorize an armed police force
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MEMBERSHIP DUES
PSU-AAUP is affiliated with National AAUP (the “501(c)6” organization), the National AAUP Collective Bargaining Congress (the “501(c)5” organization), and AAUP-Oregon. Our affiliations with National AAUP and AAUP-Oregon are established in the PSU-AAUP Constitution, Article 1 and all members of PSU-AAUP are members of National AAUP and AAUP-Oregon. Since AAUP is an affiliate union of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) as of August 1, 2022, members have access to a variety of AFT individual member benefits.
Member Dues and representation fees are 1.164% (as of January 1, 2021) of all wages paid monthly; Member Dues and representation fees may increase yearly to cover increases in dues adjustments by our affiliates. Dues are calculated based upon your annual salary and are deducted from each paycheck.
Changes in PSU-AAUP Member Dues are governed by the PSU-AAUP Bylaws Section 7. This section provides that PSU-AAUP dues shall be increased when and if National AAUP, the National AAUP-CBC or any AAUP affiliate increases member dues charged to PSU-AAUP.
Become a Member Today!
Your membership helps strengthen our union by showing your dedication to the pursuit of quality education. We at PSU-AAUP are committed to excellence in the workplace because we know that faculty working conditions are student learning conditions. Your pledge of membership proves your investment in the quality of Portland State University.
In addition to the support you contribute to yourself and your colleagues with your membership, you are also entitled to numerous benefits, such as a variety of optional insurance plans, merchant discounts, regalia reimbursement, and much more. Please refer to the Member Benefits section below for details on the benefits of membership.
Why Join? Here's 3 Reasons Common Questions
We need your support! By filling out a membership application:
- you are helping AAUP lobby at the state and national level to ensure that there is money available. The more members we have, the stronger our voice in Salem and in Washington, DC
- you are helping fight attacks on tenure and academic freedom at the national level
- you can vote on contract ratification or on other important union issues
- The more support we have from full members, the stronger our position at the bargaining table!
Member Benefits
Membership Benefits are eligible to all full members. If you are unsure whether you are a full member, please see the Membership Status section below.
PSU-AAUP Membership Benefits:
- The right to vote on important chapter decisions and run for PSU-AAUP office.
- Eligibility to serve on the PSU-AAUP Collective Bargaining team.
- Eligibility to serve on other PSU-AAUP Committees.
- Membership in the National AAUP and the Oregon Conference of the AAUP. The National AAUP and the Oregon Conference of the AAUP protects the rights of all faculty on the state and national level.
- Regalia Reimbursement - Reimbursement of purchase or rental cost for June Commencement. You must present a receipt for your purchase or rental to the PSU-AAUP office. The reimbursement request is due by December 15 of the year of your rental.
- PSU-AAUP Assistance Fund eligibility.
AAUP National Benefits:
There are many additional benefits of membership offered through National. For more detailed information on National AAUP Membership Benefits, please visit the National AAUP website.
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Benefits:
Since August 1, 2022, AAUP is an affiliate union of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), with access to a variety of AFT individual member benefits. As a dues-paying AAUP Member, you have access to AFT's benefits. Take a look here:
- AFT Membership Benefits
- AFT+ Benefits Listing Sheet
- Learn more about accessing your AFT benefits here
Membership Status
We are a union campus. We are the largest of six (6) unions on campus. Approximately 78% of the faculty and academic professionals are members of the Association and pay member dues to the Association for the services we provide in collectively bargaining and enforcing the contract.
You are not automatically a member when you commence employment at Portland State University. To become a member, you must fill out a membership application.
You need to fill out a membership application only once, and your membership continues from one academic year to the next.
If you do not fill out an application, then you will be relying on your co-workers to pay the cost of bargaining and enforcing the contract completely while you pay nothing. Your coworkers want you and expect you to pay your share and want you to become a member.
Member Dues are deducted from your paycheck. Your pay stub will indicate you are a member:
- Members Dues deductions from paychecks are indicated “AAUP Union Membership Dues.”
- More information on Member Dues can be found HERE.
Have a question about your membership? Ask us!
Every Member Matters
There are many ways to get involved from those who are able to fulfill a leadership role to those who are able to find a few hours in their busy schedule each quarter. For more information on becoming a member or joining any of our leadership teams below, contact us today!
Become a Member
PSU-AAUP represents instructional faculty and academic professionals employed by Portland State University at .5 FTE and above.
By becoming a member, you are supporting academic freedom, tenure, shared governance, and many other rights now enjoyed at Portland State University. These practices must be defended not just at PSU, but nationwide. AAUP works on the principle of pooled strength:
The strong help defend the weak. Over the years, members have joined not just because they may need AAUP themselves but because they realize that the maintenance of academic freedom is imperative to the future of higher education.
We need your support! By filling out a membership application:
- you are helping AAUP lobby at the state and national level to ensure that there is money available. The more members we have, the stronger our voice in Salem and in Washington, DC
- you are helping fight attacks on tenure and academic freedom at the national level
- you can vote on contract ratification or on other important union issues
The more support we have from full members, the stronger our position at the bargaining table! Please take a look at our page on membership here. You will find the application, as well as a summary of the many benefits of membership.
Unit Representative Team
By becoming a unit rep, you help build the union in a fundamental way. Unit representatives provide key information to and from faculty members on the status and progress of negotiations, faculty issues, and more. They are the glue in this grassroots organization, making sure all members are informed and have an active voice.
It’s easy to be an AAUP Unit Rep, and really important! Unit reps...
- Post AAUP flyers on bulletin boards in or near your units,
- Inform other AAUP members of events,
- Encourage new faculty to join the AAUP,
- Help to invite AAUP officers to address faculty or unit meetings
- Provide feedback to the Executive Council and Bargaining Team on your thoughts about issues in your unit or strategy ideas.
All Unit Reps will be provided with a Unit Rep Packet, including AAUP brochures, membership forms, talking points, the current contract, etc.
Time Commitment: 1-2 hours a month
Executive Council
The Executive Council is the governing body of the PSU chapter of the AAUP. The council is composed of eight officers (President, Vice-President for Grievances and Academic Freedom, Vice-President for Collective Bargaining, Vice-President for Membership & Organizing, Vice-President for Legislative & Political Action, Vice-President for Communications & Public Relations, Treasurer, and Secretary) and six Councilors as well as the Immediate Past President. Elections for the executive council occur every year in April, each term is two years.
Consider running for the upcoming year, or perhaps you have someone in mind to nominate. To be eligible, candidates must be full members of PSU-AAUP by the election date.
Attend weekly meetings on Thursdays from 12:00- 1:30pm
Work with other committee members to make decisions affecting union activities.
Time Commitment: 6 hours a month
If you are interested in running for Executive Council or would like to nominate a colleague, please contact aaup@psuaaup.net.
Collective Bargaining Team
The Collective Bargaining Team works to improve the PSU-AAUP Collective Bargaining Agreement (the Contract), and as such, guarantees the rights of the faculty members of PSU. Please see our Collective Bargaining pages for current work that the team is undertaking. The team works with other committee members to:
Bargain with PSU negotiators
Help to build a better contract
Time Commitment: 5 hours a week
Organizing Committee
Join the Organizing Committee to help craft ideas on upcoming PSU-AAUP events and causes. For more information, contact Cristina Restad, Interim VP for Membership & Organizing.
Legislative Committee
Join the PSU-AAUP Legislative Committee to help craft principles for the PSU-AAUP to follow in thinking about legislation to propose or support candidates to endorse and strategies for getting our perspectives out to policy makers.
EDI Task Force
An organization's commitment to align programs, operations, and culture to be equitable, diverse and inclusive is collective work. In 2021, PSU-AAUP Executive Council created an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Task Force (TF) to continue our long term and ongoing EDI work. The attached is the description and scope of the 1-year EDI Task Force.
Join Us Today!
In addition to the support you contribute to yourself and your colleagues with your membership, you are also entitled to numerous benefits, such as a variety of optional insurance plans,
merchant discounts, regalia reimbursement, and much more. Please refer to the Member Benefits section below for details on the benefits of membership.
We need your support! By filling out a membership
application:
members we have, the stronger our voice in Salem and in Washington, DC
you are helping AAUP lobby at the state and national level to ensure that there is money available. The more
- you are helping fight attacks on tenure and academic freedom at the national level
- you can vote on contractr atification or on other important union issues
- The more support we have from full members, the stronger our position at the bargaining table!
There is no additional cost to becoming a member!
Download the application
form now, and send it to us via campus mail
at AAUP, or drop it by our office at the Smith Memorial Student Union building,
Room 232.
If you have any questions about
membership, please feel free to contact us at aaup@psuaaup.net, or by calling us at (503) 725-4414.
Member Benefits
Membership Benefits are eligible to all full members. If you are unsure whether you are a full member, please see the Membership Status section below.
PSU-AAUP Membership Benefits
The right to vote on important chapter decisions and run for PSU-AAUP office
· Eligibility to
serve on the PSU-AAUP Collective Bargaining team
·
Eligibility to serve on other PSU-AAUP Committees
· Membership in the
National AAUP and the Oregon Conference of the AAUP
The National
AAUP and the Oregon Conference of the AAUP protects the rights of all faculty
on the state and national level.
·
Regalia Reimbursement
Reimbursement of rental cost for June Commencement rental. You must present
invoice for rental to the PSU-AAUP office. The reimbursement request is due by
December 15 of the year of your rental.
*We are unable to process requests from previous years.
There are many additional benefits of membership offered through
National. For more detailed information on National AAUP Membership Benefits,
please visit: http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/involved/benes/default.htm
Membership Status
We are an agency fee campus. This means that all
faculty members must become a member of the Association, or pay service fees
(fair share fees) to the Association for the services we provide in
collectively bargaining and enforcing the contract.
You are not automatically a member when you
commence employment at Portland State University. You are a Fair Share Fee
Payer until and unless you fill out and send in a membership application.
To become a member, you must fill
out a membership application and send it to PSU-AAUP at Smith 232.
You need to fill out a membership application only
once, and your membership continues from one academic year to the next.
If you do not fill out an application, then you
will pay fair share fees to PSU-AAUP. Fair Share fees are the per cap “fair
share” costs of collectively bargaining and enforcing the contract.
Member Dues and Fair Share fees are both
automatically deducted from your paycheck. Your pay stub will indicate whether
you are a member or a Fair Share Fee Payer.
• Fair Share Fee deductions from paychecks are
indicated “AAUP Union Fair Share Deduction.”
• Members Dues deductions from paychecks are
indicated “AAUP Union Membership Dues.”
The deduction for Member Dues and
Fair Share Fees is the same (effective October 1, 2010),
Each year PSU-AAUP sends a legal notice, known as a
Hudson notice, to all Fair Share Fee payers via US Mail to their home address
of record regarding their legal rights as Fair Share Fee Payers. Information
about that notice, and the Association Procedure regarding our compliance with
the requirements of Hudson, can be found at http://www.psuaaup.net/associationpolicy.htm#hudson. The Hudson notice is sent out on or about November 20 of each year
after the Association receives its first complete list of Fair Share Fee Payers
on or about November 10 from the October 25th paycheck, the first complete
payroll run of the academic year.
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