EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met at 9 am on Wednesday, May 8 in Cascade Hall. UAOSU passed 1 counter proposal (Health, Safety, Facilities, and Work Site), and the administration team returned 3 counter proposals (Discipline and Termination, Union Rights, Periodic Review of Faculty.) How is it going, […]
05.14.24 – Our work continues Read More »
Dear Colleagues, If you’ve been following contract negotiations you may recall that we worked with the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) to conduct a financial analysis of OSU in preparation for our contract negotiations. Prior to putting forward our Compensation proposal at the March 15th bargaining session (read our full update here) we
04.28.24 – Save the date – Analysis of the Financial State of OSU Read More »
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
04.23.24 – Ongoing negotiations around external letters for NTT faculty Read 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 &
04.16.24 – Bargaining Update: Generative AI, Grievances & Termination, PROFs, and more Read More »
Dear members, The UAOSU Elections Committee is pleased to announce our new officers, delegates, and reps for 2024! If you’re wondering if you somehow missed your ballot, you didn’t! At the close of our nominations period this year, none of our officer, delegate, or representative positions were contested – which is not uncommon
04.11.24 – Results from our 2024 union election Read More »
Dear members, A final reminder that our deadline for election nominations is this Sunday, March 31st! If you are planning to run for officer position, representative, delegate, or trying to convince someone else to do so, there are just a few days left. The nomination processes and descriptions of positions are in our Constitution
03.28.24 – UAOSU leadership nominations due THIS SUNDAY! Read More »
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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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The UAOSU bargaining team and the administration team met at 10am on Tuesday, March 21 in the LaSells Stewart Center and on Monday, March 25 from 1-4 in Cascades Hall. Over the course of the two sessions, we passed 2 article proposals (Promotion and/or Tenure, Academic Freedom and Shared Governance) and 4 counterproposals
04.01.24 Finals Week & Spring Break Bargaining Read More »
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Last week the administration notified the more than 200 bargaining unit members who will be getting equity raises. Your union won the funding for equity raises in previous negotiations with administration and we are proposing another equity raise pool in our new contract. During the March 15th bargaining session, we passed proposals on
03.20.24 A compensation package that respects faculty Read More »
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
