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04.23.24 – Ongoing negotiations around external letters for NTT faculty

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Your UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met from 9am until almost 1pm on Wednesday, April 17th at the LaSells Stewart Center.  Nearly the whole session centered on negotiating a Letter of Agreement (LOA) on eliminating the requirement for external review letters in promotion cases for non-professorial fixed-term faculty.  Your UAOSU team […]

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04.16.24 – Bargaining Update: Generative AI, Grievances & Termination, PROFs, and more

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY   The UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met at 9am on Wednesday, April 11 in Cascade Hall. The administration team passed counterproposals on Dues Deduction, Non-Discrimination (which we have proposed as Non-Discrimination and Respectful Workplace) and Grievance Procedure. The UAOSU team passed counterproposals on Periodic Review of Faculty and Discipline &

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04.05.24 – Bargaining Update

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met at 10am on Wednesday, April 3 at the LaSells Stewart Center. The administration team passed counterproposals on Management Rights; Totality of the Agreement; Separability; Personnel Records; and Health, Safety, Facilities, and Work Site. We passed counterproposals on Union Rights and Dues Deductions. We continue

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03.07.24 Bargaining update – Expanding research support programs and access to Flexible Work Arrangements

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met at 1pm on Monday, March 4 in the Ag Leaders Room at the LaSells Stewart Center. We passed 2 new articles and 1 revised proposal to the administration team, and they responded to 1 of our earlier proposals with a counter.   UPCOMING SESSIONS

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02.28.24 Bargaining update – Strengthening workload policies and protections

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met twice last week. Over these two sessions, we passed 4 proposals, including Position Descriptions and Workload and Leaves. We received 6 counterproposals from the administration team.  UPCOMING SESSIONS Use the links below to add these to your calendar. Mon. March 4: 1-4pm (LaSells Stewart

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02.20.24 Bargaining Update – More Job Security for Non-Tenure Track Faculty

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met twice last week at the LaSells Stewart Center, on Wednesday, February 14 and Friday, February 16.  We passed 7 articles to the administration team, including our proposal to replace fixed-term appointments for non-tenure track faculty with the expectation of continuous employment. The administration team

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