NEWSLETTER, BARGAINING & GREIVANCES
July 27, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
Administration claimed there were performance problems to justify the non-renewal, but those alleged problems were never brought to the attention of the employee
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NEWSLETTER, BARGAINING & GREIVANCES
July 25, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
We are hearing from faculty members asserting the building is unsafe. Members have recourse in Article 24 Section 4
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NEWSLETTER, BARGAINING & GREIVANCES
July 22, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
An academic professional who was hired on 1/3/2011 was provide a longevity increase of 3 years
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NEWSLETTER, BARGAINING & GREIVANCES
July 22, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
As per Article 30, Sections 3(c) and 3(d)) the COLA should be the maximum allowable rate.
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NEWSLETTER, BARGAINING & GREIVANCES
July 21, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
Negotiating Team has identified 6 framing questions to pursue in IBB and formally requests IBB
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NEWSLETTER, BARGAINING & GREIVANCES
July 20, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
SB 214-2, the bill enabling post-doctoral scholars be employees without employer contributions to PERS, will take effect January 1, 2018. PSU-AAUP issued a request to PSU to decide to implement the bill and to commence bargaining
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NEWSLETTER, BARGAINING & GREIVANCES
July 17, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
PSU-AAUP Negotiating Team and Administration will meet in early August to modify the Donated Sick Leave Bank Benefit
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NEWSLETTER, BARGAINING & GREIVANCES
July 14, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
The University notifed PSU-AAUP of its intention to modify, reduce or eliminate the free streetcar benefit.
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NEWSLETTER, BARGAINING & GREIVANCES
July 13, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
PSU preserves the free parking benefit for emeritus faculty who are "volunteering," but announced it would charge regular fees to emertus faculty who are employed
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NEWSLETTER, BARGAINING & GREIVANCES
July 13, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
We received a response to our information request about those aspects of the implementation plan that appear to be negotiable.
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NEWSLETTER, BARGAINING & GREIVANCES
June 10, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
The latest enrollment drive was successful, but the sick leave bank is still very much in trouble
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NEWSLETTER, BARGAINING & GREIVANCES
June 09, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
The SBA Class Size Task Force has made recommendations for class size changes that fall within PSU-AAUP's mandatory scope of bargaining.
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NEWSLETTER, BARGAINING & GREIVANCES
June 09, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
PSU-AAUP and the University have reached agreement on a new better definition of academic freedom. Article 12 will be modified to reflect new definition and to be consistent with new Board of Trustee policy on Role of President, Faculty, Shared Governance and Academic Freedom.
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NEWSLETTER, BARGAINING & GREIVANCES
June 07, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
JPH faculty travel to/from OHSU now has a process that can be implemented
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NEWSLETTER, BARGAINING & GREIVANCES
June 02, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
This is not the first time there have been substantive issues with the position placement of AAUP members. The history and the significance of the issues demand that PSU-AAUP formally protest the lack of objectivity and the inadequacy of the desk audits and other HR rocesses that were used to justify decisions that had significant impact on AAUP members.
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NEWSLETTER, BARGAINING & GREIVANCES
June 01, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
Agreeement reached to recapture unspent and unallocated FDC Funds after expiration of FDC grants
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NEWSLETTER, BARGAINING & GREIVANCES
June 01, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
The Faculty Equity Workgroup has been working on the salary increase since October 2016
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NEWSLETTER, BARGAINING & GREIVANCES
May 25, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
PSU-AAUP responded that the emeriti parking benefit is protected by past practice and/or is mandatory subject of bargaining and threatened to file a grievance if the benefit was changed or eliminated. The parking benefit remains intact
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NEWSLETTER, BARGAINING & GREIVANCES
May 24, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
CLAS Dean's "Guiding Principles" document creating new sabbatical leave policy is rescinded
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NEWSLETTER, BARGAINING & GREIVANCES
May 18, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
DRAs who appealed/grieved the placement of their position in Program Administrator I job family will be moved immediately to the Program Administrator II job family
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