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.
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Two of Oregon's largest public employee unions have stopped collecting dues from thousands of home care workers who didn't belong to the union but had been required to help pay the costs of union representation.
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Campuses that are family-friendly in name only will be at a disadvantage in hiring, presidents said at a conference on issues of work-life balance.
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OTHER LABOR NEWS
July 31, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
McCann, a Portland Community College psychology professor, is a local trainer for the Heroic Imagination Project, an international effort whose purpose, according to its founder, is “seeding the earth with heroes.”
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HIGHER ED FACULTY
July 31, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a law that sharply limits the collective-bargaining rights of employees at public colleges and other state agencies.
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HIGHER ED FACULTY
July 30, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
A bill that would require colleges to report more data about faculty who work off the tenure track may not win approval this session, but it’s raising hopes.
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OTHER LABOR NEWS
July 29, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Oregon Health and Science University on Monday announced an anonymous $100 million gift.
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PSU-AAUP
July 29, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
New book argues that shared governance is under threat, along with future of American higher education, and professors must take up the fight.
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HIGHER ED FACULTY
July 28, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Virtually gone are the days when a majority of professors were full-time and tenured (or at least tenure-eligible), which gave students a remarkable amount of stability, educational continuity and mentorship opportunities. Nowadays, such professors are the minority of college educators.
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HIGHER ED FACULTY
July 28, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Now more than ever, people employed in higher education face the forces of change
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HIGHER ED FACULTY
July 25, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Customers adore Amazon for its ability to deliver almost anything almost instantly. Publishers’ feelings about the online retail giant are a lot more complicated.
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July 24, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
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?
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HIGHER ED FACULTY
July 24, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Days after the Service Employees International Union loses a vote at the University of Saint Thomas, it wins one at Antioch University Seattle.
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OTHER LABOR NEWS
July 23, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
It is ironic, says Bill Gates, that academic institutions are so good at studying the world around them but not themselves.
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HIGHER ED FACULTY
July 23, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
SEIU's drive to organize adjuncts seemed to be picking up steam. Why has it faltered in the Twin Cities?
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OTHER LABOR NEWS
July 22, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
There is possibly no issue more dear to state workers than the Public Employees Retirement System.
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HIGHER ED FACULTY
July 22, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Part-time faculty members at the University of Saint Thomas voted against forming a union.
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OTHER LABOR NEWS
July 21, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Now that gay marriage is recognized in their state, faculty members and other employees within the University of Minnesota system with same-sex partners no longer need access to domestic partner benefits. Right?
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HIGHER ED FACULTY
July 21, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Michigan colleges are assigning the hiring and payment of adjuncts to a third-party company. Administrators say it's a win-win, but adjunct advocates say it's a worrisome trend.
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HIGHER ED FACULTY
July 17, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
A federal appeals court has granted a new trial to a University of Iowa scholar who accused the institution of discriminating against her because of her conservative views, The Des Moines Register reported.
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