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Legislative Session Recap

Mar 22, 2018 2418 Views Comments Off

The Oregon Legislature’s “short” session wrapped up on Saturday, March 3. The 27-day session included a few important victories for higher education and the defeat of some bills that would have negatively impacted faculty and other workers. Find a full summary of the positions AAUP-Oregon took in this legislative session along with the outcomes of those bills here. Highlights of the session are discussed below. Defeating Attacks on PERS The short session saw the introduction of several bills aiming to alter or eliminate PERS benefits for public employees. Each of the PERS-related bills on which AAUP-Oregon took an oppose position (HB…

Leadership

Seeking Nominations for the AAUP-Oregon Executive Committee

Mar 22, 2018 1951 Views Comments Off

The Nominations Committee of AAUP-Oregon seeks nominations for the following positions of the Executive Committee: Vice President for Political Action Vice President for Membership and Organizing Vice President for Communications and Public Relations Treasurer Advocate for Contingent Faculty Advocate for Graduate Students Positions descriptions for each position may be found here. The term of office is two years, beginning on April 21, 2018. Elections for the position will be conducted online in advance of the April 21st AAUP-Oregon Annual Meeting. If you would like to nominate yourself or another AAUP-Oregon member for any of the above positions, please contact ashley@aaup-oregon.org no later than Thursday,…