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January Update: Portland State University-AAUP

by José Padín, President, PSU-AAUP New year greetings to all my PSU colleagues and colleagues across Oregon. Our union, I am pleased to share, has been preparing to tackle in 2018 the great challenges faced by higher education in these troubling times. The single, largest challenge we face this year is the Trump Supreme Court. In the most perverse, un-democratic, and un-American fashion, the conservative-majority in the Supreme Court will decide whether to decimate unions. It will rule on obligating unions to fully serve, and work for the benefit of, colleagues that do not pay a cent towards what they receive.…

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January Update: United Academics of University of Oregon

by Nathan Whalen, Executive Vice President, UAUO United Academics voted in the Fall to extend our current Collective Bargaining Agreement for the following two years, locking in raises and safe-guarding our current benefits packages.  We are pleased with the outcome of the agreement, and can now focus energies on our organizing campaign and other projects.  We are still collecting information from our Diversity Survey on campus to better understand issues related to equity and inclusion.  Our Faculty Organizing for Success Program has been well-attended by new faculty looking for mentorship and professional development opportunities.  At our most recent General Membership…

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