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AAUP-Oregon Annual Conference May 30

May 29, 2020 1887 Views Comments Off

Register Now! The AAUP-Oregon Annual Conference will be held on Saturday, May 30, 10am-12pm via Zoom. Please mark your calendar and plan to attend! Register here to receive the Zoom link. Our Annual Conference brings together AAUP-Oregon members and allies to coordinate our statewide efforts in support of academic workers and quality higher education. This work has never been more important than it is in this moment. The impacts of COVID-19 are exacerbating the damage from decades of poor management of our universities. We must work together to prevent opportunistic austerity measures that would undermine higher education's role in serving the common good. Break-out sessions will focus…

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Urge Republican Lawmakers to Return to Salem

Mar 3, 2020 3590 Views Comments Off

Oregon Senate Republicans and Oregon House Republicans have staged another walkout to deny quorum in the Oregon Legislature. Despite supermajority support in both chambers, important climate legislation cannot be passed without the two-thirds quorum necessary to conduct business. In walking out, a small minority of legislators have silenced the political will of the majority of Oregonians. Their actions threaten important progress on hundreds of bills, including those to fund wildfire mitigation, foster care, and disaster relief. Oregon Republicans have walked out five times now in the last year. This anti-democratic behavior is not only preventing action on climate change and many other issues, it eerily represents a…