PSU-AAUP
Overworked America: 12 Charts That Will Make Your Blood Boil
July 07, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Why "efficiency" and "productivity" really mean more profits for corporations and less sanity for you. read more >
July 07, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Why "efficiency" and "productivity" really mean more profits for corporations and less sanity for you. read more >
July 07, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
The university targets 10 specific areas in search of excellence. Call it UO 2.0. read more >
July 07, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
President of UT Austin told to quit or be fired -- and he resists. Faculty leaders say regents -- allies of Governor Rick Perry -- are attempting "coup" against respected academic leader. read more >
July 03, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
How do we set up a system that lets us link the three sectors to give doctoral candidates more training about teaching at other kinds of institutions? read more >
July 03, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
In Winter 2014 a program administrator II was given notice of layoff and at the same time offered a program administrator II position for $20,000 less per year. read more >
July 03, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
In Winter 2014 the two academic professionals who had been in ECTC for many years were noticed that their unit was being closed and they were given their 180 day notice read more >
July 03, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Last Summer 3 academic professionals- two instructional designers and one program assistant, were given notices of layoff in the Office of Academic Innovation soon after the unit was created. read more >
July 03, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
This past winter 2013 SHAC leadership decided to close SHAC and force AAUP members to use vacation or unpaid leave December 24-27. This is the first time a unit of PSU made the decision to close independent of the University Closure policy read more >
July 03, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
In October the University promulgated the PSU Communication Procedure requiring a new communications authorization reimbursement form.This new policy aggregated and altered the existing “Wireless Communication Policy and Allowance” and the “Broadband Internet Service Reimbursement Policy.” read more >
July 03, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
No new date set for bargaining new ranks, but August looks hopeful read more >
July 03, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
A U.S. Supreme Court decision appears to give thousands of Oregon care workers the right to opt out of paying dues to two of the state's major public employee unions. read more >
July 02, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
A watchdog group for free speech on campuses is stepping up its efforts to eradicate student-conduct codes and other campus policies that it says unconstitutionally restrict students’ and faculty members’ rights to freedom of expression. read more >
July 02, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Collective bargaining update, AAUP grievance settlement, settlement talks and AP caucus dates are announced. read more >
July 01, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
What are the risks for academic freedom? read more >
July 01, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
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 >
June 30, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
In a setback for organized labor that could have been much worse, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that certain government-funded employees cannot be required to pay fees to the public sector unions that represent them, a decision that could hurt some unions financially. read more >
June 30, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
The giant grant maker, known for its opacity, is studying its strategy for saving the humanities read more >
June 27, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Their new deal makes gains on pay and on a raft of social justice issues--including class size, child care, parental leave, breastfeeding stations, opportunities for undocumented students, and all-gender bathrooms. Here's how they did it. read more >
June 27, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Portland dignitaries hailed the new $300 million Collaborative Life Sciences Building that opened in the South Waterfront on Thursday as one that will dramatically change medical education and the neighborhood for the better. read more >
June 27, 2014 / PSU-AAUP
Can better evaluation make a difference? read more >