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New Year, New Legislative Session, & New Leadership

  Jan 22, 2021     1594 Views     Comments Off on New Year, New Legislative Session, & New Leadership  

AAUP Oregon Members, This week marks my last as AAUP Oregon Executive Director. It has been a true honor to watch AAUP Oregon members accomplish so much in the past three and a half years. Faculty at Oregon State University and Oregon Tech successfully organized their unions, growing our state conference from three collective bargaining chapters to five. Graduate employees at Portland State University and faculty at Oregon State University bargained strong first contracts while Portland State University AAUP celebrated 40 years of being union strong! Faculty at the University of Oregon continued to strengthen their union and fight to…

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Governor Recommends Budget with Funding for Part-Time Faculty Health Care

  Dec 8, 2020     1761 Views     Comments Off on Governor Recommends Budget with Funding for Part-Time Faculty Health Care  

AAUP Oregon, Last week, the Governor released the Governor's Recommended Budget (GRB) for the 2021-2023 biennium. The GRB is only a recommendation; the Legislature will be tasked with the difficult work of arriving at a final budget for the biennium. Nevertheless, the GRB gives us some insight into the likely funding levels of important social services, including higher education. AAUP Oregon joins our Higher Education Coalition partners in applauding the Governor for recommending $10M in funding to provide subsidized health insurance benefits to part-time faculty. AAUP Oregon has worked for several years to pass legislation that would extend access to…

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