We received a response to our information request about those aspects of the implementation plan that appear to be negotiable. read more >

The faculty members have been subjected to intrusive public records requests for e-mails related to their climate-science research. read more >

The latest enrollment drive was successful, but the sick leave bank is still very much in trouble read more >

National Right to Work Committee filed an appeal with the Supreme Court seeking to have agency fee ruled unconstitutional for public-sector employees read more >

The SBA Class Size Task Force has made recommendations for class size changes that fall within PSU-AAUP's mandatory scope of bargaining. read more >

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. read more >

In conjunction with the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, the AAUP is seeking information from any faculty members who have had their cell phones or other electronic devices searched by US border patrol officers at the nation’s borders while traveling internationally read more >

JPH faculty travel to/from OHSU now has a process that can be implemented read more >

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. read more >

Agreeement reached to recapture unspent and unallocated FDC Funds after expiration of FDC grants read more >

The Faculty Equity Workgroup has been working on the salary increase since October 2016 read more >

Law makes it an unlawful employment practice to discriminate in payment of wages and to use screen based on previous salary history. The law is awaiting Governor's signature and she is expected to sign. read more >

A Better Oregon is hosting Oregon Can't Wait- Rally for Revenue. Tuesday, June 6, Noon to 1 pm. Register by May 31 and receive a complimentary lunch and t-shirt! read more >

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 read more >

CLAS Dean's "Guiding Principles" document creating new sabbatical leave policy is rescinded read more >

The University advised today that a reimbursement form for mileage to drive to Salem IRS office to verify identity is reimburseable read more >

White House plan confirms drastic cuts to many programs while proposing to substantially alter loan programs. read more >

Greetings AAUP Members! This spring I was elected to this position and one of my inaugural tasks was to organize our “spring membership drive” around the “Sick Leave Bank.” read more >

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 read more >

A report of an AAUP investigation released today concludes that the administration of Spalding University in Kentucky summarily dismissed Erlene Grise-Owens, a long-serving professor of social work, in blatant violation of her academic freedom and normative standards of academic governance and due process. read more >