Weekly Updates for
academic year 2003/2004

May 24, 2004

Commencement
The PSU Spring Commencement ceremony will be held Saturday, June 12, 3 pm, at the Rose Garden Arena. Not only does your presence at Commencement celebrate the achievement of PSU students, it is also a contractual obligation for tenured faculty members. Article 4 (Responsibilities of the Members) of the Collective Bargaining > Agreement says that attendance at spring commencement is required by all tenured faculty members. Fixed-term research and instructional faculty members, Academic Professionals, and tenure-track faculty members are invited to attend.

Regalia Rental Reimbursement
Beginning this week, you can pick up commencement regalia at the PSU Bookstore. If you rented regalia for the 2004 Commencement, you may be eligible for reimbursement up to $35.

To receive reimbursement you must be a active or associate member of PSU-AAUP and provide a copy of the rental receipt to Susan Cerasin, PSU-AAUP Administrative Assistant. Receipts can be sent via campus mail to AAUP or dropped off at the PSU-AAUP office in 232 SMSU. Requests for reimbursement will be honored until October 15, 2004.

If you have questions about regalia reimbursement, your membership status, or other member benefits, please call 5-4414 or email aaup@psuaaup.net.

OSHA Citations and Fine for Ondine Hall Sewage Floods
Tony Roh, Oregon OSHA investigator, has completed his investigation of the Ondine Hall sewage floods. He has recommended 4 citations and a $1300 fine primarily for PSU’s failure to inform employees of known health hazards and failure to provide protective skin covering for employees exposed to raw sewage.

Offices of the Regional Research Institute (RRI) in Ondine Hall were flooded with raw sewage 7 times since July 2003. PSU-AAUP filed a health and safety complaint with OSHA in March 2004.

As of today, all RRI employees have been permanently relocated to the ninth floor of the AT&T building.

Jobs with Justice Annual Dinner and Celebration . . .
will be on Friday, June 4th at 6:00 pm at the Teamsters’ Hall—1860 NE 162nd, Portland. PSU-AAUP has co-purchased a table for 10 with PSUFA/AFT. We have 3 seats available! Details of the event are below. If you would like to attend, please contact Julia at 5-4414 or aaup@psuaaup.net.

Portland Jobs with Justice has spent the last thirteen years building cross-union and community support for workers’ rights struggles. We are pleased to have built a mobilization capacity that can make a difference in tough struggles—like the struggles at Powell’s Books or Williams Controls, or the fight for health care for janitors, their families, and all workers. We are also delighted that our Workers’ Rights Board, a panel of community leaders who use their moral authority on behalf of workers, has been able to help move stubborn bosses and decision makers during several campaigns. We hope that you can join us as we celebrate thirteen years of organizing for justice in Portland.

On the program for this year:

• Keynote Speaker Fred Azcarate, Executive Director of National Jobs with Justice
• Mask Media—a presentation by Girls in Action for Power
• Musical presentation by Samuel Davila and Xóchitl Esparsa
• Video highlights of the last year by Dave King
• Performance by Musicians of the Portland Opera Orchestra-AFM local

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May 5, 2004

Chapter Development & Revitalization
This week Julie Schmid, Associate Secretary of AAUP and former PSU-AAUP Chapter Coordinator, and Ariel Anderson, Chair of AAUP Collective Bargaining Congress and past President of the Western Michigan University Chapter of AAUP are visiting PSU-AAUP to assist with Chapter Development and Revitalization. They will be meeting with Executive Council members, Unit Reps, the Collective Bargaining team, and others on Thursday and Friday, May 6 and 7. Ms. Schmid and Ms. Anderson also will be addressing the members at the Annual Membership Meeting on May 6 (see below for more information about the meeting).

Annual Membership Meeting May 6, 3:30 - 5:30 pm
It’s not too late to attend the PSU-AAUP Annual Membership Meeting! The meeting is Thursday, May 6, 3:30-5:30 pm at the K-House, 633 SW Montgomery St. The tentative agenda includes a presentation of Chapter service awards, a summary of Chapter events, and an update on collective bargaining and grievances. Julie Schmid and Ariel Anderson from AAUP in Washington, DC are the special guests and will speak about chapter development and revitalization.

The event is being catered by Madison’s Grill. If you plan to attend, please RSVP by 5 pm on Friday, April 30 to 5-4414 or aaup@psuaaup.net.

Executive Council Election Results
The Executive Council election ballots have been counted. Sy Adler (USP) has been elected President. Martha Hickey (FLL) has been elected Vice President for Collective Bargaining. Alan MacCormack (UNST) was re-elected Councilor. Veronica Dujon (SOC), Gerry Sussman (USP), and John Rueter (ESR) were elected Councilors.

Here are the final results (out of 173 ballots):

Sy Adler - 167
Martha Hickey - 167
Ruth Chapin - 81
Veronica Dujon - 121
Rose Jackson - 69
Cathy Kaufmann - 65
Alan MacCormack - 87
John Rueter - 93
Gerry Sussman - 120

Thanks to everyone who volunteered to run for office, helped find candidates, helped count the votes, and everyone who voted!

Regalia Rental Reimbursement
Beginning this week, you can pick up commencement regalia at the PSU Bookstore. If you rented regalia for the 2004 Commencement, you may be eligible for reimbursement up to $35.

To receive reimbursement you must be a active or associate member of PSU-AAUP and provide a copy of the rental receipt to Susan Cerasin, PSU-AAUP Administrative Assistant. Receipts can be sent via campus mail to AAUP or dropped off at the PSU-AAUP office in 232 SMSU. Requests for reimbursement will be honored until October 15, 2004.

If you have questions about regalia reimbursement, your membership status, or other member benefits, please call 5-4414 or email aaup@psuaaup.net.

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April 26, 2004

Election Candidate Statement Correction
In the Executive Council election ballot, there was an error in Rose Jackson’s candidate statement. Ms. Jackson is a full-time, tenure-track faculty member, not a fixed-term faculty member.

Election Ballots due April 30
There is still time to vote in Executive Council election. There are many excellent candidates running for office to represent you. Please return your ballot before the end of Friday, April 30. You can send it via campus mail to AAUP or drop it off at 232 SMSU.

Annual Membership Meeting May 6, 3:30 - 5:30 pm
The PSU-AAUP Annual Membership Meeting is Thursday, May 6, 3:30-5:30 pm at the K-House, 633 SW Montgomery St. The agenda includes a summary of Chapter events and an update on collective bargaining and grievances. Julie Schmid and Ariel Anderson from AAUP in Washington, DC are the special guests.

The event is being catered by Madison’s Grill. If you plan to attend, please RSVP by 5 pm on Friday, April 30 to 5-4414 or aaup@psuaaup.net.

Regalia Rental Reimbursement
If you rented regalia for the 2004 Commencement, you may be eligible for reimbursement up to $35.

To receive reimbursement you must be a active or associate member of PSU-AAUP and provide a copy of the rental receipt to Susan Cerasin, PSU-AAUP Administrative Assistant. Receipts can be sent via campus mail to AAUP or dropped off at the PSU-AAUP office in 232 SMSU. Requests for reimbursement will be honored until October 15, 2004.

If you have questions about regalia reimbursement, your membership status, or other member benefits, please call 5-4414 or email aaup@psuaaup.net.

AAUP Oregon Conference to meet May 8
The Oregon Conference of the AAUP, the AOF, and the IFS are holding their annual joint meeting Saturday 8 May 2004 in Corvallis. Details are on the web http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~ifs/dir04/AAUP-AOF-IFS8May04.jpg

Speakers include Neil Bryant (update on OUS reorganizations & State Board initiatives) and Greg Hartman (update on PERS and ORP litigation). All PSU-AAUP members are invited to attend.

If you have questions please contact Peter B Gilkey, Oregon State Conference President and President (2004) UO Chapter of the AAUP, at gilkey@darkwing.uoregon.edu.

AAUP Releases Annual Faculty Compensation Report
This year’s report of the AAUP’s Committee on the Economic Status of the Profession is titled “Don’t Blame Faculty for High Tuition.” Its primary author is Ronald G. Ehrenberg, PhD, chair of the committee. Ehrenberg is the Irving M. Ives Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Economics at Cornell University and director of the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute.

In the report, Ehrenberg notes that both public and private colleges and universities are challenged by heavy budget pressures. Their response to these challenges has resulted in higher tuition and lower faculty salaries.

Overall, average faculty salaries increased only 0.2 percent above the rate of inflation in the past year, and the average faculty salary decreased from last year at some institutions. Faculty continuing at the same institution (“continuing faculty”) received an average salary increase of just 1.2 percent above inflation – the lowest real increase in seven years. Continuing faculty at nearly 30 percent of the institutions in the AAUP sample received average salary increases that failed to keep up with inflation. Almost half of all public institutions had faculty in this situation, including some institutions where even continuing faculty saw their salaries decrease.

To read more about faculty compensation, please see http://www.aaup.org/research/index.htm.

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April 13, 2004

Due to a technical problem with the Association’s email program, we have not been able to send you an Update the past 2 weeks. This problem has been corrected. I apologize for any inconvenience. Julia Getchell, PSU-AAUP Chapter Coordinator

Support Your Bargaining Team Thursday, April 15, 8:50 am
The last scheduled mediation session between PSU-AAUP and PSU/OUS is Thursday, April 15, 9-11 am. PSU-AAUP Team will meet in 327 SMSU and the PSU/OUS Team will meet in 296/298 SMSU.

As you may know, PSU/OUS has been reluctant to discuss PSU-AAUP bargaining proposals. Please show your support for your hard working Bargaining Team by assembling outside the mediation room at 8:50 am.

Rent Commencement Regalia and Receive $35 Reimbursement
Spring 2004 Commencement is scheduled for Saturday, June 12, 3 pm, at the Rose Garden Arena. All tenured faculty members are required to attend commencement. Fixed-term research and instructional faculty and Academic Professionals are welcome to attend but not required.

This year, faculty memb ers can order commencement regalia online through the PSU Bookstore website. See http://www.portlandstatebookstore.com for information. The last date to place an order is April 16th. Any orders placed after April 16th will incur a $15 late fee. Hood colors can not be guaranteed on late orders. Regalia may be picked up anytime after June 1st.

On March 11, 2004 the PSU-AAUP Executive Council voted to increase the amount of regalia rental reimbursement to $35. PSU-AAUP had been providing $25 regalia reimbursement to Active and Associate members as a membership benefit.

To receive reimbursement for regalia rental you must be an Active or Associate member of PSU-AAUP and provide a copy of the rental receipt to Susan Cerasin, PSU-AAUP Administrative Assistant. Receipts can be sent via campus mail to AAUP or dropped off at the PSU-AAUP office in 232 SMSU. Requests for regalia rental reimbursement will be honored until October 15, 2004.

If you have questions about regalia reimbursement or your membership status please call 5-4414 or email aaup@psuaaup.net.

Save the Date! PSU-AAUP Annual Membership Meeting May 6, 3:30-5:30 pm
The PSU-AAUP Annual Meeting will be Thursday, May 6, 3:30-5:30 pm in the Main Lounge of the K-House. Food and beverages will be provided by Madison’s Grill.

This year’s speakers include Julie Schmid, Associate Secretary of AAUP and former PSU-AAUP Chapter Coordinator, and Ariel Anderson, Chair of AAUP Collective Bargaining Congress and past President of the Western Michigan University Chapter of AAUP. Julie and Ariel would like to talk to PSU-AAUP members about collective bargaining and answer any > questions you have about the process.

If you have any announcements you would like to share with PSU-AAUP members, please email them to Julia, Chapter Coordinator, at aaup@psuaaup.net.

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March 17, 2004

Regalia Reimbursement Increased
Rudy Beyl, Associate Professor of Math and Statistics, brought to PSU-AAUP’s attention that the cost of regalia rental has increased significantly in the past two year. Currently, the Association provides $25 regalia reimbursement to active and associate members as a membership benefit. The PSU-AAUP Executive Council voted last week to increase the amount of regalia reimbursement to $35.

To receive reimbursement for regalia rental you must be a active or associate member of PSU-AAUP and provide a copy of the rental receipt to Susan Cerasin, PSU-AAUP Administrative Assistant. Receipts can be sent via campus mail to AAUP or dropped off at the PSU-AAUP office in 232 SMSU. Requests for reimbursement will be honored until October 15, 2004.

If you have questions about regalia reimbursement, your membership status, or other member benefits, please call 5-4414 or email aaup@psuaaup.net.

Willamette Week Article Clarification
The March 17, 2004 issue of the Willamette Week contains two stories relevant to PSU-AAUP members. First, the cover story (see http://www.wweek.com/story.php?story=4915) touches on collective bargaining and other issues at PSU. Second, the recent floods of RRI offices in Ondine Hall receive a mention in the “Murmurs” column on p. 17 (see http://www.wweek.com/story.php?story=4907).

Please be aware that there are several errors in the cover story. First, Zack Dundas reported that 60% of all classes are taught by non-tenured faculty. That is incorrect. Sixty percent of all student credit hours are taught by non-tenured faculty.

Second, the bottom graph on p. 21 is misleading. It shows that the average annual salary for tenured faculty is $73,365. This figure is the average annual salary for tenured faculty members with the rank of full professor. There are only 154 tenured faculty members with the rank of full professor represented by AAUP.

The average annual salary for AAUP-represented tenured, tenure-track, fixed-term research and instructional faculty members, and Academic Professionals is $48,048. The average annual salary for AAUP-represented tenured, tenure-track, and fixed-term research and instructional faculty members is $50,569.

The median annual salary for AAUP-represented tenured, tenure-track, fixed-term research and instructional faculty and Academic Professionals is $45,540. The median annual salary for AAUP-represented tenured, tenure-track, and fixed-term research and instructional faculty members is $48,006.

The Willamette Week has agreed to print a clarification.

Ondine Hall Sewage Flood Update
Last week’s Weekly Update reported that the offices of the Regional Research Institute (RRI) in Ondine Hall had been flooded with raw sewage the previous weekend. Unfortunately, another sewage flood occurred on Friday, March 12.

As of today, some RRI employees have been relocated to temporary offices on campus. RRI employees on the second floor of Ondine Hall have been temporarily relocated to the University Center Building. RRI employees on the first floor will remain in Ondine Hall until April 15, 2004 when all RRI employees will be permanently relocated to the ninth floor of the AT&T building.

Mike Irish, Director of Facilities and Planning, says that Facilities will begin replacing piping in Ondine Hall on March 22.

PSU-AAUP has amended its health and safety complaint with OSHA to include the most recent flood. OSHA continues to investigate the incidents.

Morale, according to RRI employees, is very low. Several researchers said that they are falling behind on research projects and grant applications due to the chaos caused by the floods and their emergency relocation to temporary workspace.

Jobs with Justice Event: Support Teamsters Local 162
Portland Jobs with Justice is organizing a leafleting event at the Rose Garden to support Teamster drivers in Local 162. Teamster 162 members who work at Maletis Beverage Co. have been trying to get a decent contract for 14 months. Maletis is trying to cut back on health care and doesn’t pay family wages.

The workers have leverage since the company is owned by Anheuser-Busch, the producers of Budweiser Beer. Join us in passing out leaflets to the folks attending the Blazer vs. Houston game. Let’s encourage the patrons to buy a different kind of beer than Budweiser!

Monday, March 22nd, 6:00 pm. Meet at meet at the MAX station at 6:00 pm and march to the Rose Garden.

For more information, call JwJ at 503-236-5573.

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March 9, 2004

Deadline for Executive Council Nominations Extended
The PSU-AAUP Executive Council is seeking new members. The deadline to nominate yourself or someone you know has been extended to March 11. We need nominees for President, Vice President for Collective Bargaining, and Councilors. All positions are for 2-year terms and will begin May 6, 2004. Any member of AAUP is eligible to serve on the Executive Council. For a complete list of eligible members and more information about the election, please see http://www.psuaaup.net/ECElections2004.htm.

Please send nominations to PSU-AAUP via email to aaup@psuaaup.net no later than 5 pm on March 11, 2004.

Sewage Flood in Ondine Hall
Over the past weekend, raw sewage flooded the first, second, and third floors of Ondine Hall. Ondine Hall houses both the Regional Research Institute (RRI) and College Housing Northwest. RRI employees discovered the flood early Sunday morning. This was the third raw sewage flood in the RRI work site since July 2003.

RRI employees notified Julia Getchell, AAUP Chapter Coordinator, Monday morning. After touring the work site and talking with people who work on the first and second floors of Ondine Hall, Julia filed a complaint on behalf of the RRI employees with the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). OSHA is investigating the complaint.

Facilities and Business Affairs are temporary relocating RRI employees to clean and safe work sites around campus including the Graduate School of Social Work and the University Center Building. Negotiations over a permanent relocation of the RRI unit to the Fifth Avenue Business Center continue.

Campus Labor Coalition Monthly Meeting
The next Campus Labor Coalition meeting is Wednesday, March 10, 12-1 pm at Food For Thought in the basement of Smith Center. Join your colleagues from other campus labor unions to find out what’s happening and how we can work together to make things better at PSU.

The Campus Labor Coalition meetings are the second Wednesday of the month and open to everyone, including students!

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February 25, 2004

PSU-AAUP Executive Council Seeks New Members
Have you ever said to yourself, “Things ought to be different around here”? Are you concerned about your workload? Frustrated by your lack of job security? Want to make things better at PSU? Now is the time to harness that passion and put it to good usejoin the PSU-AAUP Executive Council and work for better working conditions.

PSU-AAUP is currently seeking nominations for the Executive Council for President, Vice President for Collective Bargaining, and four Councilors. All positions are for 2-year terms and will begin May 6, 2004. Any member of AAUP is eligible to serve on the Executive Council. For a complete list of eligible members and more information about the election, please see http://www.psuaaup.net/ECElections2004.htm.

Please send nominations to PSU-AAUP via email to aaup@psuaaup.net no later than 4 pm on March 4, 2004.

AAUP Challenges Solomon Amendment as a Violation of Academic Freedom
On February 20, 2004, the American Association of University Professors filed an amicus brief challenging the Solomon Amendment, which denies federal funds to schools and colleges that exclude military recruiters. The brief supports the decision of the Yale Law School and its faculty to apply to military recruiters Yale’s policy against aiding any employer who discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation. The Yale Law School, like many other law schools, restricts military recruiters from participating in its recruitment programs because of military policies that discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation.

The AAUP’s brief argues that the Solomon Amendment violates the First Amendment and concepts of academic freedom and shared governance by using federal funds to coerce compliance with a particular message, and by forcing law schools and their faculty to abandon mutual pedagogical principles and decisions on how to teach. The brief notes that the anti-discrimination policies at Yale are academic matters and that the Solomon Amendment’s attempt to force the law school to aid military recruiters violates principles of academic freedom and the fundamental constitutional right of free speech. For information about AAUP’s brief, please see http://www.aaup.org/Legal/cases/yalesolomonfinal.pdf.

United Kingdom Faculty On Strike Over Salaries
University faculty in the UK have started a one-week strike that affects over 47,000 higher education professional in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The organization that called the strike, after a vote of the members, was the Association of University Teachers (AUT). AUT has reciprocal agreements with AAUP.

As of February 25, joint action at well over 100 institutions has seen thousands of lectures cancelled, staff and students on picket lines and hundreds attending rallies in towns and cities across the country. It is the first time that staff and students have joined together to shut the sector down.

The union has been stunned by the fact that thousands of non-unionized academic and related staff have shown solidarity by not turning up to work. Approximately one non-unionized member of staff has stayed away for every AUT member on strike.

Anger at the employers’ current proposals on pay for academic and related staff is so great that the AUT’s membership has increased by at least 1,000 in the last week alone.

The issue primarily is salaries.

Faculty members are angry because their pay has declined by 40% in comparison to the rest of the workforce. And, the recent proposal by the employers would lead to many lecturers losing B#6,300 over eight years, researchers losing B#17,300 over nine years and senior support staff losing B#47,000 over 21 years.

But, at the same time, salaries of administrators are rising rapidly. The new figures on vice-chancellors’ salaries, indicate that many heads of higher education institutions in the UK were given massive pay raises in 2002/3.

It is because of the anger felt over the derisory pay offer and a proposed radical overhaul of the higher education pay framework “which could see many staff losing thousands of pounds in career earnings” that members of the 47,500-strong union has brought the university sector to a standstill for a week of 23 February.

For more information about the strike, see www.aut.org.uk. Messages of support can be sent to the AUT Assistant General Secretary, Brian Everett at Brian.Everett@aut.org.uk.

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February 12, 2004

PSU-AAUP Executive Council Seeks New Members
PSU-AAUP is currently seeking nominations for the Executive Council for President, Vice President for Collective Bargaining, and four Councilors. All positions are for 2-year terms and will begin May 6, 2004. Any member of AAUP is eligible to serve on the Executive Council. For a complete list of eligible members and more information about the election, please see EC Elections 2004.

Please send nominations to PSU-AAUP via email to aaup@psuaaup.net no later than 4 pm on March 4, 2004.

AAUP Issues Statement on the Subpoenas issued to Drake University
The AAUP's Special Committee on Academic Freedom and National Security in a Time of Crisis has issued a statement indicating its deep concerns over recent events at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.

The committee welcomes the decision of the U.S. Attorney to withdraw the subpoenas issued last week by a federal grand jury to gather information from Drake University. These subpoenas demanded extensive information about an anti-war conference held on its campus last November, and sponsored by the National Lawyers Guild.

However, the committee continues to have concerns about the original incident. The subpoena demanded information about the officers of the Drake chapter of the Guild, meeting agendas and annual reports filed by that chapter with the university during the past two years, records of campus security officers that might include observations of the conference, records "relating to the scheduling of the conference," and the identities of "persons that actually attended the meeting."

To read the Special Committee statement, click www.aaup.org/statements/SpchState/subpoenas.htm

Legal Decision on First Amendment Rights of Professors
On February 3, 2004 the Tenth Circuit issued its decision in Axson-Flynn v. Johnson (University of Utah). The court clearly embraced the notion that courts should defer to the professional judgment of faculty to determine what is pedagogically appropriate in the college classroom, so long as such academic decisions are not pretextual. While the court did not recognize a separate right of academic freedom under the First Amendment, it nonetheless observed that the First Amendment must be applied within the context of the university. Unfortunately, the court analyzed this case under the Hazelwood decision, which arose in the K-12 setting, and applied that analysis to curricular speech in colleges and universities. www.aaup.org/Legal/Legal%20materials/legaldoc.htm

Two Jobs with Justice Actions
1. Jobs with Justice Action for Powell’s Workers
Jobs with Justice: Valentine’s Day of Action for Justice
Saturday, February 14, 2004, 12 Noon Sharp
North Park Blocks Across from Powell’s Technical Books

2. Informational Pickets at Portland Safeway Stores to Promote National Boycott in Support of 70,000 Striking and Locked Out Workers in California. Fridays Noon-6pm, Saturdays Noon-6pm, Sundays Noon-4pm Feb. 6-8, 13-15, 20-22 at SW 10th and Jefferson, SE 28th and Hawthorne, SE 39th and Broadway, and NE 11th and Broadway. Informational pickets should be up on Fridays from Noon-6pm, Saturdays Noon-6pm, and Sundays Noon-4pm. Please call the Northwest Oregon Labor Council at 503-235-9444 for materials and scheduling information.

For more information about these events, see www.jwjpdx.org.

Community Action Forum on U.S. Policy and the Future of Iraq
Wednesday, February 18th, 7pm at the First Unitarian Church, 1022 SW 12th (12th and Main) in Portland

The forum will feature two guest speakers. Phyllis Bennis will provide a critical view of U.S. policy.She is a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C. Her newest book is Before & After: U.S. Foreign Policy and the September 11th Crisis (Interlink Publishing, September 2002). She is also the author of Calling the Shots: How Washington Dominates Today’s UN (Interlink, 2000). Joseph Kruzich will present the administration position. Mr. Kruzich is on the staff of the U.S. State Department. He is also a lawyer and adjunct professor at Portland State University in International Business and Law. Sponsors of this event include the Peace Action Group of the First Unitarian Church and Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility

For more information, contact Physicians For Social Responsibility, OregonAngela Crowley-Koch. 503.274.2720. info@OregonPSR.org.

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February 4, 2004

AAUP Bargaining Team Goes to Mediation
The AAUP and PSU/OUS begin mediation on Thursday, February 5. Members of the AAUP Executive Council and Unit Reps are currently distributing buttons and informational flyers to bargaining unit members. The Bargaining Team asks that you wear buttons during this week. Also, watch your email for an update on Thursday's mediation session.

What Measure 30 Means to PSU
Failure to pass Measure 30 in the February 3 election means more cuts to education and social services in Oregon. According to Mike Driscoll, Vice Provost for Academic Personnel and Budget, PSU’s budget could be reduced up to $2 million during the 2003-2005 biennium. PSU and OUS administrators will be working with Governor Kulongowski over the next month to determine the exact amounts.

PSU began the 2001-2003 biennium with a State allocation of $144 million. By the beginning of the 2003-2005 biennium, the State allocation had dropped to $114 million. If all of the possible $2 million in cuts are enacted over the next 2 years, PSU’s share of the State budget will be reduced to $112 million.

Campus Labor Coalition
The next Campus Labor Coalition meeting is Wednesday, February 11, 12-1 pm at Food For Though (basement of SMSU). The Campus Labor Coalition is members of PSU-AAUP, PSUFA/AFT Local 3571, OPEU/SEIU Local 503, AFSCME Local 1336, and SEIU Local 49 representing over 90% of the workers at PSU.

Campus Labor Coalition meetings are open to everyone in the campus community, including students, who is interested in working for fair wages, adequate health care, job security, and respect for ALL PSU employees. For more information please contact, Julia at AAUP (5-4414 or aaup@psuaaup.net).

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January 21, 2004

Update on Time Missed Due to Snow Days
PSU Administrators have decided how to handle time missed due to PSU’s closure January 6-9, 2004 because of inclement weather. Because nearly all AAUP-represented employees are “overtime exempt” (you are paid on a salary basis not hourly) you are not required to record of leave required as per State and Federal wage and hour laws. That means that most AAUP-represented employees will be paid for time missed the week of January 5, 2004. You will not be required to account for time missed with vacation, comp time, exchange time, personal leave or leave without pay.

For more information, please see the chart at www.hrc.pdx.edu/news/weather.htm. For questions about this chart and/or to discuss specific situations on a case-by-case basis, please call the Human Resources department and contact Cathy LaTourette x5-4930, Pam Babb x5-5990, Bev Wilkinson x5-8310 or Liz Veck x5-4945.

Professional Travel Grants
The deadline for applying for travel grants for the Winter 2004 term is 5:00 pm January 23, 2004. Travel grant applications for Winter term cover professional travel between December 1, 2003 and February 29, 2004.

For more information, contact the Office of Research and Sponsored Projects at www.gsr.pdx.edu/orsp_internal_travel.html.

Number of Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty Declines
John W. Curtis, Director of Research for American Association of University Professors, recently compiled the following data on faculty rank. Based on the US Dept. of Education released a new set of tabulations for 2001, the number of tenured and tenure-track faculty is falling. The percentages are number of faculty, not number of courses or credits taught.

Full-Time Tenured Faculty	278,825 (25.0%)
Full-Time Tenure-Track (probationary)	125,811 (11.3%)
Full-time Non-tenure-track	213,232 (19.2%)
Part-Time	495,315 (44.5%)
Total	1,113,183

The percentage of tenured and tenure-track faculty was 37.6% in 2001, down from 41.3% in 1998. As of Fall 2003, the percentage of tenured and tenure-track faculty at PSU was 33%.

Support Safeway Workers
Portland Rally January 25
To support 70,000 striking UFCW workers in California,Portland Jobs with Justice is organizing a rally at the Lloyd Center Safeway (1100 NE Broadway) . The rally will be part of a major expansion of this campaign by United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) International Union, the AFL-CIO, and National Jobs with Justice to support workers who are fighting to hold the line on health care for all workers. Please join us on Saturday, January 25, 2004 at Noon. For more information about the rally, please call Portland Jobs with Justice at 503-236-5573

Background Information
More than 70,000 brave workers in Southern California spent the holiday season on the picket linestanding up to corporate greed. For more than13 weeks these workers have been holding the line for affordable health care against the Safeway-led charge to destroy health benefits for workers and their families. They are on strike or have been locked out by their employers, including Safeway-owned Vons, Kroger-owned Ralphs, and Albertsons. These workers and their families urgently need support from people like you across the country.

Even though operating profits for the grocery chains have risen over 10 times faster than their contributions to worker health care in Southern California, employers are demanding the workers accept what amounts to a 75% cut in health coverage for new workers and a 50% cut for current employees. Like employers across America, they are trying to boost their profits at the expense of workers and their families.

For more information go to www.unionvoice.org/campaign/safeway

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January 15, 2004

Time Missed Due to Snow Days
According to Mike Driscoll, VP for Academic Personnel, a decision about how employees may cover time missed due to the recent inclement weather closure of Portland State is expected later this week. You are encouraged to check with your supervisors on Friday or Monday before calling Human Resources personnel Cathy LaTourette, 5-4930; Pam Babb, 5-5990; or Bev Wilkinson, 5-8310.

Optional Retirement Plan Update
As you may know, in November ORP participants received a letter from the Oregon State Board of Higher Education notifying them of cuts to the employer contribution to the ORP. Retroactive to November 1, 2003, Tier 1 members’ contribution rates were reduced from 11.71% to 3.71% and Tier 1 members’ contribution rates were cut from 11.71% to 4.27%.

A coalition of people representing higher education in Oregon, including AAUP, Interinstitutional Faculty Senate, Association of Oregon Faculty, OUS, and ORP plan vendors (TIAA-CREF and VALIC), has formed to work on recent changes to the Optional Retirement Plan (ORP). AAUP was represented by our lobbyist, Tom Barrows. Below is a summary of the coalition’s first meeting.

The coalition members agreed that the issue bringing the group together is the unacceptably low ORP employer contribution rate that results from the depression of the PERS employer contribution rate.

The group discussed the need to legislatively decouple ORP from PERS and the best way to do so. One option would be to have Trustees of the ORP (the State Board of Higher Education) set the employer contribution rate based upon legislatively-mandated criteria. Another option would be that the rate should be set in statute, with a biennial review and adjustment if needed. A working group was formed to draft language for a statutory amendment to ORP.

In addition, participants discussed potential OUS administrative actions to modify the ORP employer contribution rate and provide relief to plan participants. Denise Yunker, OUS Human Resources Division, reported OUS has been talking with the Department of Justice about this matter. She believed there might be some positive news in the coming weeks.

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December 16, 2003

Collective Bargaining Session Thursday
You are invited to observe the next bargaining session that is scheduled for Thursday, December 18, 8:00 am-12 pm in 327 SMSU. The Bargaining Team expects to discuss health insurance coverage for the second year of the contract, workload, salary.

If you would like to attend, please call AAUP at 5-4414 no later than 8 am on Wednesday, December 17.

Collective Bargaining Survey
The Bargaining Team needs your input! This is your opportunity to tell the Bargaining Team which issues are important to you. Please fill out the survey and return it to AAUP in person or via campus mail. If you did not receive a survey, please call 5-4414 to request a copy.

More on Notices of Non-Renewal for Fixed-Term Employees
PSU’s P&T Guidelines discuss the timely notice provisions for AAUP-represented fixed-term employees. In your first year of an appointment, notices of intent not to reappoint must be received by April 1. In subsequent years, you must receive notice before January 1.

According to Mike Driscoll, Vice Provost for Academic Personnel and Budget, fewer than 100 (out of 480) fixed-term instructional and research faculty and academic professionals will receive notices of non-renewal.

Even though Dr. Driscoll has assured me that there has been no central instruction that all fixed-term employees receive notices of non-renewal this year, the Deans and Vice Provosts of some units have decided to provide notice to all eligible fixed-term AAUP-represented employees. For example, Dean Kaiser will provide notice to nearly all fixed-term research and instructional faculty and academic professionals in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

If you have any questions about the non-renewals, please contact Julia at 5-4414 or aaup@psuaaup.net.

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December 12, 2003

AAUP negotiates fully-paid insurance for next 6 months
At 5:00 pm on Friday, December 12, AAUP and PSU signed a Letter of Agreement regarding fully-paid insurance for the next six months.

PSU will fully pay for medical and dental insurance to ensure no out-of-pocket costs to AAUP- represented employees during the period of December 2003 through May 2004 for the benefits period January 2004 through June 2004. In addition, PSU will fully pay basic life insurance for AAUP-represented employees.

Payments for medical, dental, and basic life insurance coverage beginning July 2004 will be subject to collective bargaining. AAUP will continue to negotiate for fully-paid medical, dental, and life insurance coverage.

If you have any questions, please contact Jacqueline Arante, Vice President for Collective Bargaining, at 5-3574 or arantej@pdx.edu.

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December 9, 2003

Collective Bargaining Session
All members of the AAUP bargaining unit are invited to observe bargaining sessions. It is a good opportunity to learn first-hand about the bargaining process. People who have observed in the past agree that it is an eye-opening experience!

The next bargaining session is Thursday, December 18, 8:00 am-12 pm TBA

If you would like to attend, please call AAUP at 5-4414 no later than 24 hours before the session begins.

Collective Bargaining Survey
The Bargaining Team needs your input! This week you will receive a short survey. It is a great opportunity to tell the Bargaining Team which issues are important to you. When you get it, please fill out the survey and return it to AAUP in person or via campus mail.

Notices of Non-Renewal for Fixed-Term Employees
Many people have been talking to me about non-renewals. There are some outrageous rumors on campus about what will happen this year.

According to PSU’s “Policies and Procedures for the Evaluation of Faculty for Tenure, Promotion, and Merit Increases” (AKA PSU’s P&T Guidelines), PSU is required to provide notices of intent to not reappoint fixed-term faculty members by April 1 of the first year of your appointment and by January 1 of subsequent years.

Mike Driscoll, Vice Provost for Academic Personnel and Budget, assures me that there has been no central instruction that all fixed-term employees receive notices of non-renewal this year.

Dr. Driscoll and Cathy LaTourette, Associate Vice President for Human Resources, sent a memo to deans, vice provosts, assistant and associate deans, directors, department chairs, and AAUP on December 4, 2003. This memo discusses how to process notices of non-renewal for AAUP-represented, fixed-term employees.

Deans and Vice Provosts have been charged with the task of determining who will get notices of non-renewal within their unit. Dr. Driscoll and Ms. LaTourette recommend that each dean and division head “take a proactive look at which positions would be eliminated if a 5% cut was required in their unit in the 2004-2005 fiscal year and to give consideration about sending notices of intent not to reappoint to the individuals in those positions.”

They encourage deans and vice provosts are encouraged to create as much staffing flexibility for their units as they may need through the non-renewal process. “It is in the best interest of each school, college, and division to maintain staffing flexibility in the face of the current budget climate,” state Dr. Driscoll and Ms. LaTourette.

If you have any questions about the non-renewals, please contact Julia at 5-4414 or aaup@psuaaup.net.

More on the Optional Retirement Plan Employer Contribution Cut
Of the 9300 Oregon University System employees, 2100 participate in the Optional Retirement Plan (ORP). In November, ORP participants received a letter from the Oregon State Board of Higher Education notifying them of cuts to the employer contribution to the ORP. Retroactive to November 1, 2003, Tier 1 members’ contribution rates were reduced from 11.71% to 3.71% and Tier 1 members’ contribution rates were cut from 11.71% to 4.27%.

Ballot Measure 29 in September 2003 allowed the State to pre-pay $2 billion of future PERS obligations. As a result, PERS employer contribution rates were recalculated. State statutes require PERS and ORP employer contributions to be equivalent. However, ORP is a separate plan. Members should not be penalized with cuts to their employer contribution rates.

OUS, and other state agencies, have been directed to shift funds from their budgeted PERS employer contribution rate category into their debt service category. Funds in the debt service category will be used to pay for bond costs during this biennium.

AAUP is working on this issue. Gary Brodowicz, President, wrote a letter to Chancellor Jarvis asking for the contribution cut to be rescinded. He cc’d the President of the Oregon State Board of Higher Education, President Bernstine, Provost Tetreault, Jay Kenton, and Cathy La Tourette.

The AAUP Executive Council voted to contribute to the PERS and, should it be challenged in court, ORP legal defense fund.

Tom Barrows, AAUP’s lobbyist in Salem, is researching OUS’s plans to decouple ORP from PERS in the special legislative session scheduled for February 2004.

Julia Getchell, AAUP Chapter Coordinator, is investigating ways AAUP may participate in any lawsuits to challenge the ORP employer contribution changes. Julia is also communicating with other labor unions and faculty associations regarding ORP cuts.

However, some questions remain. Does OUS have the authority to reduce the employer contribution rates? Do ORP members have any recourse? Will the ORP changes be challenged in the courts?

Watch this space for more information.

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December 2, 2003

Collective Bargaining Sessions
All members of the AAUP bargaining unit are invited to observe bargaining sessions. It is a good opportunity to learn first-hand about the bargaining process. People who have observed in the past agree that it is an eye-opening experience!

If you would like to attend, please call AAUP at 5-4414 no later than 24 hours before the session begins.

Bargaining sessions are scheduled for the following dates and times:

Tuesday, December 9, 12:30-3:30 pm, 327 SMSU
Thursday, December 18, 8:00 am-12 pm TBA

Optional Retirement Plan Contribution Cut
A number of bargaining unit members have contacted me regarding cuts to the employer contribution of the Optional Retirement Plan. The employer contribution is being cut for people in Tier 1 from 11.71% to 4.27%.

People have raised a number of questions such as How did this happen? Is this being challenged in the courts? Did the public know the implications of this cut when they voted for Measure 29 in September 2003?

AAUP is working to get answers to these and many other questions. Watch this space for more information.

AAUP Condemns Academic Bill of Rights as Threat to Academic Freedom
The AAUP’s Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure today released a statement condemning as a threat to academic freedom “academic bills of rights” that would require colleges and universities to maintain political pluralism and diversity. Such a bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives during the 108th Congress, and similar language appears in a proposed amendment to Article I of Title 23 of the Colorado Revised Statutes.

While the committee agrees with sponsors of the proposed legislation that “no political, ideological, or religious orthodoxy should be imposed on professors and researchers through the hiring or tenure or termination process,” it condemns the legislation for threatening to impose administrative and legislative oversight on the professional judgment of faculty. The community of scholars must be free to determine the quality of scholarship and teaching and to assess alleged violations of professional standards.

“Committee A deplores the efforts of supporters of the Academic Bill of Rights, who are engaged in a duplicitous game: to undermine the very foundations of academic freedom (which rests on the autonomy and self-governance of faculties) in the name of protecting it,” says Joan Wallach Scott, professor of history at the Institute for Advanced Study and the chair of the committee.

To read the entire statement, go to www.aaup.org.

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November 18, 2003

AAUP Policy on Contingent Faculty
The governing Council of the American Association of University Professors adopted a new policy statement, Contingent Appointments and the Academic Profession, on November 9.

The statement addresses the increasing overreliance on part-time and non-tenure-track faculty that threatens the quality and stability of higher education and the academic profession’s capacity to serve the public good. “Contingent” appointments include all those off the tenure track, whether part or full time, and whether compensated on a per-course or salary basis. Individuals holding such appointments are called by various titles including “adjuncts,” “lecturers,” “instructors,” and “visiting professors.”

Contingent Appointments and the Academic Profession makes new recommendations in two areas: increasing the proportion of faculty appointments that are on the tenure line, and improving job security and due process protections for those with contingent appointments.

The proportion of tenure-line appointments may be increased in two ways: (1) changing the status of faculty members currently holding non-tenure-track appointments, and (2) creating new tenure-line appointments. With the first method, individuals holding contingent appointments are offered tenure-eligible reappointments. With the second method, new tenure-line positions are created and open searches are held for candidates to fill them. In both cases, a well-planned transition to a higher proportion of tenured faculty should be accomplished primarily through attrition, retirements, and, where appropriate, “grandfathering” of currently contingent faculty into tenured positions. Faculty in contingent positions should not bear the cost of transition.

The policy recommends that when contingent faculty appointments are used, they should include the full range of faculty responsibilities (teaching, scholarship, service); comparable compensation for comparable work; assurance of continuing employment after a reasonable opportunity for successive reviews; inclusion in institutional governance structures; and appointment and review processes that involve faculty peers and rely on accepted academic due process.

The policy discusses the negative effects of the increased use of contingent faculty appointments on academic freedom, undergraduate education, and academic collegiality. No matter how qualified and dedicated they are, many contingent faculty members are hobbled in the performance of their duties by a lack of professional treatment and support.

To read the entire policy statement, please see www.aaup.org.

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November 13, 2003

Collective Bargaining Meetings
We need your input! AAUP is holding membership meetings to discuss collective bargaining issues. The Bargaining Team is committed to settling as quickly as possible. But, in addition to undoubtedly difficult salary negotiations, we have decided to pursue long-needed and essential changes in areas of the contract that strengthen shared governance, protect academic freedom, create job security, stabilize workload, and protect the educational mission of the University. The Bargaining Team presented many of these proposed changes to the University at the negotiation session on October 31.

We want all bargaining unit members to be informed about the nature of the proposals we are making. We will hold meetings open to the entire bargaining unit on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at the following times. Please drop by to ask questions and/or give your feedback about what AAUP is proposing.

Tuesdays, November 4, 18, and 25
12:00-1:00 pm
326 SMSU
Wednesdays, November 5, 12, 19, and 26
12:30-1:30 pm
326 SMSU
Today--Thursday, November 13, 2003
1:00-2:00 pm
407 NH

If you cannot make any of the meetings, please contact any team member, any Executive Councilor, or the AAUP staff with your questions.

Collective Bargaining Sessions
All members of the AAUP bargaining unit are invited to observe bargaining sessions. It is a good opportunity to learn first-hand about the bargaining process. People who have observed in the past agree that it is an eye-opening experience!

According to the ground rules we agreed upon state that each side must inform the other of any observers no later than 24 hours before the beginning of the bargaining session. Please call AAUP at 5-4414 no later than 24 hours before the bargaining session begins if you wish to observe.

Bargaining sessions are scheduled for the following dates and times. All locations are TBA.

Friday, November 14, 12:00-1:30 pm
Monday, November 24, 12:00-1:30 pm
Monday, December 1, 12:00-1:30 pm
Tuesday, December 9, 12:30-3:30 pm
Thursday, December 18, 8:00 am-12 pm

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October 28, 2003

AAUP Decries Secrecy in Nation’s Response to National Security Calls for Increased Freedom of Inquiry and Open Exchange of Ideas
In a new report, a special committee of the American Association of University Professors calls for more freedom of inquiry and openness in academic settings. The AAUP established the Special Committee on Academic Freedom and National Security in a Time of Crisis to assess the risks to academic freedom and free inquiry posed by the nation’s response to the attacks of September 11, 2001, on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

The report focuses on sections of the USA Patriot Act that threaten academic freedom. It also outlines recent restrictions on information and elevated barriers to entry into the United States by noncitizens, especially foreign students and scholars. In addition, it summarizes national responses to September 11 and the effect of those responses on the campus climate for academic freedom.

To read the entire report, go to www.aaup.org

PSU Says You May Pay $44-78 Out-of-Pocket for Health Care
Mike Driscoll, Vice Provost for Academic Personnel and Budget, says PSU may not cover the 9% health care benefits cost increase scheduled for January 2004. This means you may pay as much as $78 a month out-of-pocket for health care benefits beginning with deductions from your December 2003 paycheck.

To see how much you may be paying see the news item below dated 10/23/03.

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October 28, 2003

Campus Equity Week Events
Campus Equity Week celebrates the work of campus workers: full time professors, part-time faculty, academic professionals and support staff. Join us for a week of activities, education, and rabble-rousing!

Please announce events to students and coworkers! Please attend, participate, get involved!

Tuesday 10/28
Campus Equity Week Kickoff!
Entertaining and Informative
Noon
Smith Center Cafeteria

Wednesday, 10/29
Globalization and Education Forum
1 pm
238 Smith Center (Browsing Lounge)

Globalization and Education Forum promises to raise the right questions and explore some of the answers. How have globalization pressures affected taxation policies? How is campus labor being reorganized, and what does that mean for students and faculty? How have education communities been transformed globally by corporate globalization? What are the alternatives, and how can we join together -- another academy is possible!

Speakers:

• Veronica Dujon, Associate Professor, Sociology
• Charles K Johnson, Development Director, Library
• Dave King, Jobs with Justice
• Barbara Lee Dudley, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Political Science Department
• Leopoldo Rodriguez, Assistant Professor, Economics
• Moderator: Michael Connor, Instructor, Education; member/organizer, PSUFA

This is a great event for STUDENTS and COLLEAGUES in your department.

Thursday, 10/30
CEW Film Festival
Noon, Smith Center Cafeteria
Films to be screened: Degrees of Shame; Part-time Faculty: Migrant Workers of the Information Economy; Plantation or University? and Teachers on Wheels.

Friday, 10/31
Trick or Treating for Equity
Noon, Park Blocks
Petitions presented to President Bernstine
1 pm, President’s Office

Have you signed the petition? Click here: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/AAUPSUFA/petition.html

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October 23, 2003

PSU Says You May Pay $44-78 Out-of-Pocket for Health Care

Why You Will Pay More
Mike Driscoll, Vice Provost for Academic Personnel and Budget, says PSU may not cover the scheduled 9% health care benefits cost increase scheduled for January 2004. This means you may pay as much as $78 a month out-of-pocket for health care benefits beginning with deductions from your December 2003 paycheck.

Mr. Driscoll has asserted that PSU is not contractually obligated to pickup the increase because the Collective Bargaining Agreement, which expired August 31, 2003 and is currently being renegotiated, does not require PSU to pick up health benefit cost increases while PSU faculty and academic professionals are between contracts.

Background
March 2003: PSU-AAUP & PSU/OUS begin contract negotiations.

August 31, 2003: Collective Bargaining Agreement expires.

September 2003: OPEU/SEIU 503 settles their contract with PSU. The new contract includes fully paid health care benefits.

September 2003: Mike Driscoll asserts that even though the CBA has expired, PSU will act "as if the contract has been extended."

October 2003: Mike Driscoll says PSU may not cover 9% health benefit increase scheduled for January 2004 because it is not contractually obligated to do so.

What You Can Do
·Check out our chart below to see how much more you will pay each month.

·Call Mike Driscoll (5-3419) and tell him to do the right thing-fully fund health care benefits until the contract is settled.

·Call Tess O'Hearn (5-3749), in Human Resources if you have questions about your health benefits.

· Sign the petition http://www.petitiononline.com/AAUPSUFA/petition.html to President Bernstine requesting a fair contract.

2003 Employer Contribution Per Employee is $634
2004 Employer Contribution is $692

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October 21, 2003

Sign the Fairness Petition
All Portland State University faculty members are represented by one of two labor unions – American Association of University Professors (AAUP) or Portland State University Faculty Association/American Federation of Teachers (PSUFA/AFT 3571).

All faculty members at PSU are currently working without contracts. Both unions are currently negotiating new contracts with PSU administration.

On Friday, October 31, representatives from both unions will present a petition to President Bernstine. We invite you to read and sign the petition you find at: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/AAUPSUFA/petition.html

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October 15, 2003

PSU Safety Committee Seeks AAUP Member
The PSU Safety Committee is an advisory group of University employees. The Safety Committee is currently seeking an AAUP representative.

The committee meets at least once a month to review safety related incidents and concerns. Safety inspections of campus facilities are held on a quarterly basis. Safety training sessions for members are held frequently. Recommendations resulting from employee concerns, incident review, and safety inspections are directed to the President of the University.

For more information or to volunteer, please call Mary Vance at (503) 725-4972.

RAPS Hosts PERS Discussion
Retirement Association of Portland State (RAPS) will hold its first lecture for the 2003-04 year on Tuesday, October 28, 2003 at 3 p.m. in the Vanport Room (338 Smith Union). Guest Lecturer will be Marc Feldesman, Professor and Chairman Emeritus from the Anthropology Department. This month's topic is: "PERS Reform: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly". All faculty and staff are invited to this event. For additional information, please contact Alyse Collins at 5-3447 or via email raps@pdx.edu.

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October 6, 2003

New Faculty Reception
The PSU-AAUP New Faculty Reception will be Tuesday, October 7, 2-4 pm in the Main Lounge of the K-House. Welcome new bargaining unit members, reconnect with old friends, and learn the latest about the expired contract and contract negotiations. Coffee break refreshments will be served.

Member Advocates Sought
Do you enjoy helping people? Are you a good listener? Can you advocate on behalf of your co-workers? Susan Lindsay, Vice President for Grievances and Academic Freedom, is recruiting volunteers for the Grievance Committee. For more information, contact Susan at 503-725-8257 or lindsays@pdx.edu.

AAUP Office Is Back
The AAUP office is back in its old home--232 SMSU. You can reach AAUP staff Monday-Friday, 8:30-4:30 at 503-725-4414 or aaup@psuaaup.net.

New Additions to the AAUP Family
Susan Cerasin, long time AAUP staff member, recently gave birth to twin girls. Ava and Sophia arrived at noon on September 26, 2003. Susan will be on a leave of absence during the Fall quarter. Best wishes can be sent to aaup@psuaaup.net.

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