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United Academics at UO: Save the Date and Take our UA Diversity Survey

by Michael Dreiling, President, United Academics at UO We welcome all members and our neighboring AAUP members to join us for our annual picnic. Please, save the date!  United Academics’ Annual Spring Picnic & Potluck will be Saturday June 10, 4-6pm at Tugman Park in south Eugene. Bring your family, bring a dish to share and bring a pair of socks or some travel-sized toiletries to help the folks at White Bird Clinic. We’ll provide beer, burgers and alternatives for vegetarians/vegans. As move toward the end of the academic year, we are also checking members’ pulse on diversity and equity concerns. Last…

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President’s Column: Tax Justice!

by Michael Dreiling, President, AAUP-Oregon Greetings friends and colleagues. The first issue on my mind as new AAUP-Oregon President is tax justice. Our students, our universities, our communities, and our environment all suffer from a gross imbalance in who, and what contributes to our common good in Oregon. Amid relatively good economic times – high corporate profits, low unemployment, modestly rising income – our public universities are seeing cuts to faculty, significant hikes to tuition, and numerous other forms of austerity. This austerity extends to all of Oregon, afflicting children’s health, schools, community services, services for elderly, environmental protection, and much…

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