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PSU-AAUP

PSU-AAUP represents over 1,100 faculty and academic professionals employed by Portland State University. We strive to defend the rights of our bargaining unit through advocacy, collective bargaining, and grievance procedures, and are committed to protecting tenure, due process, and academic freedom.

We are a union campus

A strong union community means a better future for PSU
With a large, strong membership, together we can make change on campus for the benefit of students, staff, academic professionals, faculty, and the community at large.

A large, active membership makes for better gains at the bargaining table
Cost-of-living adjustments, health insurance benefits, sick leave and the donated sick leave bank, higher salary minimums and pay equity pools, expanded Individual Professional Development Accounts, expansion of the Staff Fee Privilege (tuition waiver), disciplinary and grievances procedures, academic freedom protections…
NONE of this is in the AAUP contract by accident. All of it was fought for by union members who came before us. Only a large membership can maintain these rights and benefits and make forward progress.

Membership has its privileges
While the PSU-AAUP community will protect all faculty and academic professionals covered by our contract, there are also many “members only” rights and benefits- all of them valuable, some of them financially beneficial.

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We need your support! Your membership helps strengthen our union by showing your dedication to the pursuit of quality education.

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Upcoming Events

11 Mar

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

All Member Meeting

Wednesday, Zoom

16 Mar

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Special Faculty Senate Meeting

Monday, Cramer Hall 53

18 Mar

12:45 pm – 1:45 pm

PSU President’s Town Hall

Wednesday, ASRC 001

18 Mar

12:45 pm – 1:45 pm

PSU Budget Forum

Wednesday, Smith Ballroom (SMSU 355)

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Latest News

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Article 22 has begun. What members need to do now.

It’s so disappointing to find that we’re here. We’ve said over and over that the PSU administration’s announcement of…

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PSU-AAUP Membership Vote: Retirement Transition Program MOA

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