EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Your UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met from 9:30am-1pm on Thursday, December 12. We discussed the impact of the recent strike by CGE, and then the Administration passed No Strike, No Lockout and Termination Not for Cause. After a caucus, we passed Benefits, Leaves, Compensation, and Term of the Agreement. […]
12.13.24 – Read our Latest Proposal on Compensation Read More »
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Your UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met on November 26. We spent most of the session discussing the administration’s response to the CGE strike and resulting impact on faculty. In the final ten minutes of the session, the administration team passed proposals on Compensation, Benefits, Leaves, and Term of the Agreement.
12.4.24 – Admin Countered on Compensation, Still Refuse to Invest in Faculty Read More »
Dear Colleagues, As the graduate employee strike moves into its fourth week, your union has been receiving numerous reports of faculty being asked to cover the duties of striking workers against their objections – in many cases without meaningful (or any) offsets to their own workload, discussions about compensation, and in some cases with
12.2.24 – Work Coverage During CGE Strike Read More »
Greetings, fellow Faculty Research Assistants and Research Associates! We know that there is a lot of uncertainty and mystery around the promotion process for Faculty Research Assistants (FRAs) and Research Associates (RAs). Confusion over eligibility and timelines for promotion at the university level, differences in deadlines and guidance at the department level, and outdated
11.25.24 – Virtual Promotion Workshop for FRAs and RAs – Thurs Dec 5 Read More »
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Your UAOSU bargaining team and the Administration team met for a day-long session (9:00-5:00) on Thursday, October 31 in Cascade Hall. In anticipation of the long session, your team came prepared with three articles and two letters of agreement. The Administration team arrived with no counter proposals and needed the first hour and
11.13.24 – Admin Didn’t Do Homework… Needs Improvement Read More »
Dear colleagues, As many of you are aware, our graduate worker colleagues with the Coalition of Graduate Employees (CGE) have declared an intent to strike starting on Tuesday November 12. They have been engaged with difficult contract negotiations with the administration for over a year now and after several meditation sessions declared impasse in
11.8.24 – Preparing for a possible CGE strike Read More »
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Your UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met on Tuesday, October 15. During the 3 hour session we passed seven counterproposals and counter proposed a Letter of Agreement (LOA) to the administration team: Term of the Agreement, Compensation, Appointment & Reappointment, Leaves, Benefits, Periodic Review of Faculty, Promotion and Tenure, and an
10.28.24 – What do we want? Prosperity Widely Shared! When do we want it? Now! Read More »
Dear Colleagues, By now you have likely heard that graduate employees may go on strike in the coming weeks. Similar to our own experiences in bargaining, these workers have been engaged in difficult negotiations with the Administration over the last year. Following the process laid out in state law, the Coalition of Graduate Employees
10.21.24 – Preparing for a possible graduate employee strike Read More »
Dear Members, As we enter our tenth month of contract negotiations, it is vital that we stay united in our efforts to push the administration to do more than the bare minimum for our faculty. We must stay connected as a union to send a clear message to the administration about our priorities for
10.17.24 – Register now for our upcoming GMM Read More »
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Your UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met from 10am-2pm on Thursday, September 26 in Cascade Hall. This session was particularly action-packed, as a total of 11 counterproposals were exchanged following a brief presentation from a representative from OSU’s finance and administration office. This presentation, which offered a positive overview of financial
10.2.24 – Baby steps on Compensation Read More »
