It was great to see so many academic professionals attend our bargaining session. Having members in the room shows the administration that our bargaining unit cares about the issues on the table, and it also helps keep our own bargaining team energized and informed. Being able to talk with members helps us have a better understanding of the specific issues our members face and inspires us to push harder to find solutions that will improve people’s working conditions. read more >

Last Friday, we got into some in-depth discussions about how to fix academic professional (AP) pay structures. Currently, academic professionals have little opportunity for advancement in pay or position, so as a group, they face serious salary compression and inversion. For example, on average, Advisor/Counselor I’s with 4-7 years of experience earn less money than those who have been here less than one year. read more >

The University and AAUP are pleased to announce that we have come to two more tentative agreements during contract negotiations read more >

We had a short bargaining session yesterday. At the beginning, we presented a list of data that we’ll need from the administration to process economic issues. We’re going to attempt to use Interest-Based Bargaining to negotiate salary and benefits. Our facilitator has successfully used this process with other educational unions in Oregon, and she assures us that it can work. read more >

We continued our discussions about academic professional issues. We mostly focused on promotion and pay structures. AAUP proposed that we create a step system that provides incremental pay increases based upon years of experience, specific areas of expertise (bilingual, advanced degrees, certifications) and enhanced job duties (such as supervisory or training duties). read more >

We continued to discuss issues for academic professionals at yesterday’s bargaining session, completing the first three steps of the Interest-Based Bargaining Process: Framing the Issue/Question, Identifying Data and Sharing Interests. We agreed to address three main problem categories—Salary Structures/Promotional Opportunities, Workload, Scheduling and Decision-Making input, and Job Security/Evaluation. read more >

We achieved a major victory at the bargaining table! We will have language in our new Collective Bargaining Agreement governing summer pay rates. read more >

At last Friday’s bargaining session, we started off the day discussing some of the task force charges that we have already signed-off on. The Work/Life Balance task force letter of agreement stated that we intended to have a conversation in bargaining about childcare issues that might result in additional task force responsibilities, so we started a brief conversation about childcare. read more >

In our last meeting, we began discussing Summer Session. We had come up with a framing question to guide our discussion: How do we compensate faculty during summer session in a way that is equitable, predictable and sustainable while considering student needs? read more >

Good news from yesterday’s bargaining session… read more >

We completed our bargaining over non-tenure track instructional faculty (NTTF). We have now conceptually agreed upon all of the details of a new system of continuous employment for our instructional NTTF. read more >

Good news! We had a very productive session on Friday October 2nd. We continued to hammer out the details of improving job security for non-tenure track faculty (NTTF) by providing continuous (rather than short-term) appointments. Our union and the administration reached conceptual agreement around many points, including the question of how evaluations will work for non-tenure track instructors in the years after they receive a continuous appointment. read more >

We met for an early and short bargaining session yesterday. Our team went into the session hoping that we could resolve our outstanding issues around the evaluation and transition of non-tenure track faculty members (NTTF) into a continuous appointment system. read more >

We have a strong interest in providing real, meaningful job security for our NTTF. It’s not enough to simply change the title of one’s appointment and call it secure when the conditions of employment remain insecure. read more >

In today’s session, we finalized language describing when a continuous appointment (for non-tenure track instructional faculty) could be terminated. read more >

We are still discussing Non-Tenure Track Faculty (NTTF) employment issues. read more >

On August 25th, we continued to discuss the job insecurity faced by hundreds of PSU educators and researchers. read more >

On August 14th, we continued to process Non-Tenure Track Faculty issues using the Interest-Based Bargaining steps. read more >

Letter of Agreement to continue the Task Force on Academic Quality, Letter of Agreement to create a Standing Committee on Work/Life Balance, and Creation of a Sick Leave Bank read more >

In the 2015-2017 AAUP contract, we’ll establish a Sick Leave Bank read more >