NW Labor Press- Full-time PSU faculty are represented by American Association of University Professors (AAUP), but this year’s union contract talks have not produced an agreement, and the two sides begin mediation in December. read more >

Universities try to cash in on discoveries — gene splicing, brain chemistry, computer-chip design — but the great majority of them fail to turn their research into a source of income, according to a new study from the Brookings Institution. read more >

Portland, OR – Tuesday, 11/19/13 12:00 PM: faculty, staff, students, and community members rallied with the PSU chapter of the American Association of University Professors to demand a student-centered budget in response to an administrative directive that all academic units identify 8% of their budget for possible elimination. read more >

NEWS !! Please Join the PSU-AAUP Rally & March for a Decent Contract! Tuesday, Nov. 19th, 12 - 1 pm. Meet at Noon, 3rd Floor SMSU Now is the time to come out to push for a decent contract for the next biennium! We need everybody who can possibly make it - the strength of a union is people power. read more >

Bargaining Report #10 about Bargaining Session #10, October 15, & #11, November 5, 2013 read more >

As colleges begin using massive open online courses (MOOC) to reduce faculty costs, a Johns Hopkins University professor has announced plans for MOOA (massive open online administrations). Dr. Benjamin Ginsberg, author of The Fall of the Faculty, says that many colleges and universities face the same administrative issues every day. read more >

Announcements: 1. Rally for Last Bargaining Date: Nov. 19th, Noon, SMSU - watch for details! 2. Joint AAUP-Faculty Senate Budget Forum, Monday, Nov. 25th, 3 - 5 pm, CH 53 3. Contract Expires Nov. 30th 4. Bargaining Mediation Dates Set: Dec. 18th & 19th News 1. Executive Payroll Soars at PSU, Despite Ongoing Budget Cuts 2. Prioritize Academics, if We Really Must Cut Again read more >

Details on pay increases at the Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) were announced in the OIT Faculty Senate on Tuesday, Oct. 1st. read more >

Is PSU Broke? The Story Keeps Changing....... The message from PSU Administrators lurched back and forth this year between sanguine news and abrupt calls to cut, CUT, CUT! read more >

1. Fun Facts! Administrative Pay, Part 1! 2. Hardball Tactics at the Bargaining Table to Shove Us Backward 3. What You Can Do Now to Push for a Decent Contract 4. Sign Adjunct Faculty's On-line Petition 5. PSU-AAUP Sponsored Workshop Bullying in the Workplace: How to Create a Health Workplace Environment, Nov 6th, Noon, SMSU 327-328 read more >

The United Academics of the University of Oregon are happy to announce that their first contract has been overwhelmingly approved! read more >

A Few Things that PSU Students go into Debt to Pay for Are you hearing that PSU is broke? Maybe we have odd priorities.... read more >

Bargaining Continues Tuesday, Oct. 15th, 12:30 to 3, ED 414 read more >

At our ninth Bargaining Session, October 4, 2013, more than 150 of our members came to support our AAUP-PSU Bargaining Team. From 12:15 until 12:45, they lined the hallway outside the bargaining room in the Market Center Building holding signs and chanting for a fair contract. The Administration’s team was unwilling to conduct negotiations until the hallway was cleared. More than another hour passed before their team entered the bargaining room where the AAUP-PSU team had waited patiently. read more >

Welcome Back!!! More than 150 PSU-AAUP members in red t-shirts, lanyards and buttons pushed back on PSU Admin at bargaining yesterday! read more >

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In a tentative agreement, the new union’s members will get annual raises of about 6% for the next two years read more >

Good news! NO PSU Staff Strike will be Needed! read more >

As you've probably heard, PSU clerical, administrative and facilities staff members are poised to strike on Monday, if they decide they have no other choice at the conclusion of mediation on Weds. Sept. 25th. read more >

Welcome Back! There's lot's of news, so we'll get a longer Fall Newsletter out to you in a few days. read more >