NEWSLETTER, SETTLEMENTS
MOU on Unspent Faculty Development Funds
June 01, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
Agreeement reached to recapture unspent and unallocated FDC Funds after expiration of FDC grants read more >
June 01, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
Agreeement reached to recapture unspent and unallocated FDC Funds after expiration of FDC grants read more >
June 01, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
The Faculty Equity Workgroup has been working on the salary increase since October 2016 read more >
May 31, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
Non-tenure-track faculty members at Northwestern University have narrowly voted to form a union represented by the Service Employees International Union Local 73, the Chicago Tribune reports. read more >
May 30, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
Getting into college and making it through can be hard no matter what your circumstances. But for first-generation students - the first in their families to attend college - the challenges are even greater read more >
May 30, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
The state auditor of California last month released a report saying that the California State University system had hired managers at more than twice the rate of other employees read more >
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. read more >
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. read more >
May 30, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
Racism on the MAX read more >
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! read more >
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 read more >
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. read more >
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. read more >
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. read more >
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. read more >
May 25, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
A month long fast by Yale University graduate students advocating for a union ended Monday with mixed success read more >
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 read more >
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 read more >
May 24, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
CLAS Dean's "Guiding Principles" document creating new sabbatical leave policy is rescinded read more >
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 read more >
May 24, 2017 / PSU-AAUP
White House plan confirms drastic cuts to many programs while proposing to substantially alter loan programs. read more >