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Save the Date: AAUP-Oregon Annual Meeting

  Mar 22, 2018     1665 Views     Comments Off on Save the Date: AAUP-Oregon Annual Meeting  

AAUP-Oregon’s Annual Meeting will be held on Saturday, April 21st at the Hilyard Community Center in Eugene, Oregon from 10am-4pm. The Annual Meeting will feature sessions on the higher education legislative landscape, increasing equity within our unions and advocacy chapters, bargaining a first contract, and messaging to help build membership. We’ll also bring together leaders from across the state to share best practices within their unions and chapters. We hope that you’ll join us for community building and skill sharing with faculty, academic professionals, and graduate employees across the state! Coffee and lunch will be provided, and we will help arrange carpools to Eugene. Register here…

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Ballot Measure 101, Oregon’s Healthcare Initiative, Works for Oregon

  Jan 5, 2018     4803 Views     Comments Off on Ballot Measure 101, Oregon’s Healthcare Initiative, Works for Oregon  

by Nancy Eichsteadt and Ramin Farahmandpur Vice Presidents for Communications & PR and Political Action Measure 101 is supported by teachers, firefighters, seniors, health care workers and families across the state. Ballot Measure 101 is also supported by insurance companies and hospitals who are interested in helping to reduce health care costs. By covering basic health services, Measure 101 keeps patients out of emergency rooms. AAUP Oregon has unequivocally endorsed Measure 101, and we are counting on your vote in this special election, January 23, 2018. For more information, go to yesforhealthcare.org. Please commit a few hours to helping secure…

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