The 2014 American Association of University Professors Bulletin is here. read more >

Portland State University professors are the No. 7 least accessible in the nation, according to an unscientific survey of 130,000 college students released Monday. read more >

The union should approach every meeting of a Labor-Management Committee with the same mindset that it would bring to contract bargaining, never forgetting that management’s goals and the union’s are distinct. read more >

New book argues that shared governance is under threat, along with future of American higher education, and professors must take up the fight. read more >

AAUP urges universities to terminate or renegotiate contracts for Chinese-government funded centers of language and culture. With about 90 Confucius Institutes established in U.S., will it have an impact? read more >

News update on collective bargaining and welcome Amanda Smith Byron to the Grievance committee read more >

The growing disparity between top 25 executive and faculty pay illustrates that universities are becoming more corporate. read more >

Academic Professional Caucus on July 29, 2014 at 12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM. It will be located in SMSU 238. read more >

The humble calculator has emerged as a powerful weapon for faculty members battling administrators over spending. read more >

The AAUP filed an amicus brief with the National Labor Relations Board arguing that graduate assistants at private sector institutions should be considered employees with collective bargaining rights read more >

Why "efficiency" and "productivity" really mean more profits for corporations and less sanity for you. read more >

Collective bargaining update, AAUP grievance settlement, settlement talks and AP caucus dates are announced. read more >

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday dealt a limited blow to public-sector unions when it ruled that thousands of home health-care workers in Illinois cannot be required to pay union fees that help cover the cost of collective bargaining, the Associated Press reported. read more >

The Council meets every Thursday from noon to 1:30 p.m. All bargaining unit members are welcome to attend Executive Council meetings. read more >

"If students learn that adjunct faculty are earning less than the minimum wage while the university president earns a million dollars, that practical lesson may trump the other values the institution promotes," writes AAUP past president Cary Nelson. read more >

Talk of a faculty strike was everywhere. Posters of an impending strike were taped to walls in the restrooms and on the entrance doors to various buildings, and in other unauthorized locations. Something was about to happen. The posturing was over and the message from professors was clear. Pay us a decent and livable wage, with better contract security, or we will strike. read more >

The First Amendment protects government employees from retaliation for giving truthful testimony that was not part of their job responsibilities, a unanimous Supreme Court ruled Thursday. read more >

Here are a few important announcements as academic year 13-14 comes to a close read more >

This member update includes: Update on Bargaining New Ranks, Executive Council adopts revisions to PSU-AAUP Bylaws, Welcome Emily Wiant, new PSU-AAUP Office Coordinator, PSU administration grants remedy on TSUSP Guideline contractual grievance; Association avoids arbitration costs, Agreement reached with administration on revisions to PSU Consensual Relations Policy, Agreement reached with administration on revisions to the PSU Acceptable Use Policy read more >

BREAKING NEWS: Interim bargaining for Non-Tenure Track Faculty (NTTF) is now scheduled for Friday, May 30 at 9:00 a.m.!!!!! Please be in touch with Leanne Serbulo, VP of Collective Bargaining, if you have any questions. read more >