PSU-AAUP
May 30, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
One of the men who came to the defense of a teenager wearing a hijab on a MAX train Friday won a 2013 poetry competition with a poem condemning prejudices faced by Muslims.
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NEWSLETTER, LEGISLATIVE & POLITICAL, OTHER LABOR NEWS
May 30, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
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.
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PSU-AAUP
May 30, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
Racism on the MAX
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NEWSLETTER, OTHER LABOR NEWS
May 26, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
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!
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OTHER LABOR NEWS
May 26, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
Faculty members at the University of Oregon will no longer be required to notify campus authorities when students confide in them that they've been sexually assaulted or harassed
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PSU-AAUP
May 26, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
A state higher education board reversed course Thursday, approving big tuition hikes at Portland State University and the University of Oregon that it had rejected earlier in the month.
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HIGHER ED FACULTY
May 26, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
The Trump administration's budget proposal for the 2018 fiscal year would make drastic cuts to education, slashing federal student aid and research funding.
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HIGHER ED FACULTY
May 25, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
The National Labor Relations Board has cleared the way for the unionization of student employees of the University of Chicago's libraries, marking the second time this spring that it has declared undergraduate students eligible to bargain collectively.
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OTHER LABOR NEWS
May 25, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
Salem-- House lawmakers passed legislation Wednesday that would make Oregon award its Electoral College votes only to presidential candidates who win the national popular vote.
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HIGHER ED FACULTY
May 25, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
A month long fast by Yale University graduate students advocating for a union ended Monday with mixed success
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HIGHER ED FACULTY
May 25, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
An investigative report released today by the American Association of University Professors concludes that the administration of Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky, summarily dismissed Erlene Grise-Owens
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NEWSLETTER, GRIEVANCES
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, SETTLEMENTS
May 24, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
CLAS Dean's "Guiding Principles" document creating new sabbatical leave policy is rescinded
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NEWSLETTER, PSU-AAUP, Q & A
May 24, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
The University advised today that a reimbursement form for mileage to drive to Salem IRS office to verify identity is reimburseable
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NEWSLETTER, HIGHER ED FACULTY
May 24, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
White House plan confirms drastic cuts to many programs while proposing to substantially alter loan programs.
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HIGHER ED FACULTY
May 22, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
Several state legislatures have recently passed or reintroduced legislation that addresses issues related to campus free speech.
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NEWSLETTER, PSU-AAUP
May 22, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
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.”
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LEGISLATIVE & POLITICAL, PSU-AAUP
May 18, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
Executive Council adopts OPPOSE position on SB 1063
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NEWSLETTER, SETTLEMENTS, GRIEVANCES
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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PSU-AAUP
May 17, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
The Portland State University governing board appointed Rahmat Shoureshi to serve as the school's ninth president.
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