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AAUP
Jobs
PSU announces faculty layoffs
More than 7.5% of PSU-AAUP members got layoff notices. Under the union contract, workers must receive at least eight months advance notice.
Union democracy
Professors union affiliates with AFT, AFL-CIO
Delegates to the American Association of University Professors’ biennial meeting voted to affiliate with the American Federation of Teachers.
Collective bargaining
OIT faculty win first contract after eight days on strike
Faculty at the Oregon Institute of Technology were the last at any Oregon public university to unionize … and the first to strike.
Collective bargaining
PSU profs say new contract is Step 1 in combatting creeping corporatization
Greater job security, and modest raises, will help stabilize faculty
Collective bargaining
Professors get contract after PSU drops takeaway demands
Averting a strike, new AAUP contract improves salaries and job security
Collective bargaining
Portland State University professors authorize strike
AAUP says they’re ready to walk out to promote greater stability and defend faculty role in governance
Collective bargaining
PSU professors set timetable for strike
Top issues are low pay, job insecurity, and lack of respect
Union Organizing
University of Oregon faculty unionize
The group of 1,900 will be jointly members of AFT and AAUP.
