1. 250 PSU Faculty, Oregon Senator Dembrow & Supporters Rally and March! 2. Press about PSU Budget Cuts and Bargaining - Add your Voice! 3. No Progress During Bargaining Nov. 19th - on to Mediation, FEG & Travel Fund Intact 4. Open Budget Forum MONDAY, 3 - 5 pm, CH 53: What Would we Have to Know to Accept the Case for Big Cuts? Are there Discrepancies between Board Materials and PSU Presentations? 5. PSU-AAUP Fall Membership Drive Winners! read more >

NW Labor Press- Full-time PSU faculty are represented by American Association of University Professors (AAUP), but this year’s union contract talks have not produced an agreement, and the two sides begin mediation in December. read more >

Portland, OR – Tuesday, 11/19/13 12:00 PM: faculty, staff, students, and community members rallied with the PSU chapter of the American Association of University Professors to demand a student-centered budget in response to an administrative directive that all academic units identify 8% of their budget for possible elimination. read more >

NEWS !! Please Join the PSU-AAUP Rally & March for a Decent Contract! Tuesday, Nov. 19th, 12 - 1 pm. Meet at Noon, 3rd Floor SMSU Now is the time to come out to push for a decent contract for the next biennium! We need everybody who can possibly make it - the strength of a union is people power. read more >

Announcements: 1. Rally for Last Bargaining Date: Nov. 19th, Noon, SMSU - watch for details! 2. Joint AAUP-Faculty Senate Budget Forum, Monday, Nov. 25th, 3 - 5 pm, CH 53 3. Contract Expires Nov. 30th 4. Bargaining Mediation Dates Set: Dec. 18th & 19th News 1. Executive Payroll Soars at PSU, Despite Ongoing Budget Cuts 2. Prioritize Academics, if We Really Must Cut Again read more >

Is PSU Broke? The Story Keeps Changing....... The message from PSU Administrators lurched back and forth this year between sanguine news and abrupt calls to cut, CUT, CUT! read more >

1. Fun Facts! Administrative Pay, Part 1! 2. Hardball Tactics at the Bargaining Table to Shove Us Backward 3. What You Can Do Now to Push for a Decent Contract 4. Sign Adjunct Faculty's On-line Petition 5. PSU-AAUP Sponsored Workshop Bullying in the Workplace: How to Create a Health Workplace Environment, Nov 6th, Noon, SMSU 327-328 read more >

A Few Things that PSU Students go into Debt to Pay for Are you hearing that PSU is broke? Maybe we have odd priorities.... read more >

Bargaining Continues Tuesday, Oct. 15th, 12:30 to 3, ED 414 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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >

A proud moment for PSU! read more >

Saturday's Oregonian headline trumpeted the news that PSU abruptly canceled 50 summer classes! read more >