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OSU: next steps in taking on budget priorities

by Tony Vogt, OSU-AAUP activist AAUP-OSU, in conjunction with the The Alliance for a Socially Just University, recently organized a Q & A with Howard Bunsis (via google hang-out) as a follow-up to his visit to OSU in February. The Q & A was attended by 25 or more students, faculty, classified staff, and organizers. Howard was great - he spoke with us for an hour from Michigan, on the evening (as it turns out) of his wife's birthday (but they'd already celebrated). We had Howard's slides up and running on another screen so that as folks posed questions, he…

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PSU-AAUP: meet the new officers

José Padín, President I co-led the contract action team in 2013-14 leading up to the strike vote by PSU-AAUP. Building a face-to-face mobilizing network that reached over 75% of faculty and academic professionals was the most rewarding university service of my career. On the wake of that contract campaign I was elected Vice President for Grievances and Academic Freedom for 2014-16. I look forward to joining my colleagues and students across Oregon in a statewide movement for debt-free, educator-led, higher education. Please meet three key members of the new leadership at PSU-AAUP, Kellie Gallagher, David Hansen, and Amanda Byron.  …

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