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Happy Birthday, GEU!

by Ashley Bromley, Executive Director The Graduate Employee's Union (GEU) at Portland State University celebrated their first birthday on June 8th! The celebration included cupcakes, banners, and oragami cranes for leaving good wishes. Many of the wishes focused on the desire to secure a fair contract that included provisions such as affordable health insurance, fee relief, and a living wage. Since achieving union recognition one year ago, the GEU has been working to realize their first contract while building the strength and reach of their union.  We will continue to look for ways to support our union cousins as contract negotiations resume in the…

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President’s Column: Take Action for Game-Changing Revenue

by Michael Dreiling, President, AAUP-Oregon Friends and Colleagues, What a mind-blowing year. While giving testimony in Salem on Tuesday, the whipsaw that is contemporary politics capped off the academic year. It was a crowded hearing, with a second overflow room before the Joint Tax Reform Committee. Hours of testimony by teachers, home-care and foster care providers, parents, nurses, social workers, and a few professors contrasted sharply with the few business lobbyists complaining about a possible tax hike. At this Joint Tax Reform Committee, we finally saw the first step toward a bill that would begin to hold more corporations accountable for…

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