At our ninth Bargaining Session, October 4, 2013, more than 150 of our members came to support our AAUP-PSU Bargaining Team. From 12:15 until 12:45, they lined the hallway outside the bargaining room in the Market Center Building holding signs and chanting for a fair contract. The Administration’s team was unwilling to conduct negotiations until the hallway was cleared. More than another hour passed before their team entered the bargaining room where the AAUP-PSU team had waited patiently. read more >

Welcome Back!!! More than 150 PSU-AAUP members in red t-shirts, lanyards and buttons pushed back on PSU Admin at bargaining yesterday! read more >

Read up on Upcoming Events, Bargaining News, National News, and Current Issues in Higher Education read more >

In a tentative agreement, the new union’s members will get annual raises of about 6% for the next two years read more >

Good news! NO PSU Staff Strike will be Needed! read more >

As you've probably heard, PSU clerical, administrative and facilities staff members are poised to strike on Monday, if they decide they have no other choice at the conclusion of mediation on Weds. Sept. 25th. read more >

Welcome Back! There's lot's of news, so we'll get a longer Fall Newsletter out to you in a few days. read more >

Few professors would turn down a raise, but even standard contract pay bumps of 3 or 4 percent can leave long-serving faculty feeling less valued than their newer colleagues. read more >

At our eighth Bargaining Session, September 10, 2013, the AAUP-PSU Bargaining Team heard proposals from the Administration on the following articles: Article 8 (Past Practices), Article 11 (Released Time), Article 17 (Academic Professionals) , Article 18 (Fixed-term and Research Faculty), Article 35 (Personnel Files), AAUP New Article (Academic Quality), and AAUP New Article (Parental Leave and Catastrophic Leave Bank) read more >

Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 503 is laying the groundwork for a strike at the Oregon University System (OUS). read more >

I know that some of you are still trying to take advantage of not being on contract until Sept. 16th - and more power to you! - but we'll be bargaining again on Tuesday, Sept. 10th, from 12 - 3 in SMSU 296. read more >

Good News!!!! The Governor has appointed our own Maude Hines - supported by both the PSU-AAUP and the PSU Faculty Senate read more >

The AAUP is pleased to announce that Julie Schmid will join the Association as its executive director in October. The executive director, formerly called the general secretary, heads the national office staff. read more >

At our seventh Bargaining Session, August 6, 2013, the PSU-AAUP Bargaining Team presented proposals for Article 17 (Academic Professionals) , Article 18 (Fixed-term and Research Faculty), New Article (Academic Quality), and New Article (Parental Leave and Catastrophic Leave Bank) read more >

If you're on campus and engaged, you can get a jump start on PSU-AAUP's Fall Membership Drive! We aim for 100 new members by Halloween, and we need your help! read more >

Governor Kitzhaber and President Wiewel have to hear from us this week that the PSU Faculty member appointed to PSU's new Governing Board MUST be able to vote! read more >

We plan to bargain job security for fixed-term faculty members in the form of indefinite contracts, paid parental leave, academic quality and other issues, on Tuesday, August 6th, from Noon to 3:00, in Market Center Building, Room 650. read more >

Oregon’s largest public employee union announced early this morning it has reached a tentative deal with the state on a two-year contract that would not include unpaid days off, averting a possible strike. read more >

At our sixth Bargaining Session, July 2, 2013, the AAUP-PSU Bargaining Team presented proposals for Article 17 (Academic Professionals) , Article 18 (Fixed-term and Research Faculty), Article 19 (Professional Development and Support), and Article 34 (Library Faculty Research and Development Days) read more >

Check out this Oregonian op-ed piece by our own Mary King and U of O's Gordon Lafer! read more >