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United Academics at OSU: Building Our Faculty Union

by Kathleen Stanley, Activist, United Academics at OSU It's official!  The AAUP advocacy chapter at OSU is joining together with colleagues from across the university to build our faculty union.  After much behind the scenes organizing, we're pleased to announce that United Academics of Oregon State University has gone public!  We kicked off the public phase of our union building with a well attended lecture and discussion on May 15th with Dr. Lisa Klein of Rutgers University on the topic of "Why Faculty Unions Matter."  Through our organizing work we've learned more about our colleagues and their concerns and we'll…

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PSU-AAUP: A Successful 2016-17, An Even Better Year Ahead

by José Padín, President, PSU-AAUP    Our union was very active this year, and the volunteer member-leaders who you’ve elected to lead our union concluded our work on June 8, with PSU-AAUP’s second annual strategic planning retreat. We set 2017-18 goals for all major areas of activity: President, Collective Bargaining, Member Organizing, Grievances, Academic Freedom, Campus and Community Solidarity, Legislative Action, and Communications. By way of thanks to the union colleagues who made this a successful year, I would like to share an overview of a small sampling of our accomplishments.   Our Academic Class in Salem Our academic class…

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