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Portland State University
Workers Rights
PSU backs down, agrees to rehire laid-off profs
After union pushback, PSU agrees to reinstate 10 professors laid off in 2024, though it disputes the arbitrator’s authority.
Union Organizing
Student workers at Portland State form a union
The massive unit would mean nearly wall-to-wall unionization at PSU.
Comment
PSU deserves funding that works for Oregon’s workers
Portland State serves working, first generation and transfer students, powering Oregon’s workforce. Its mission needs funding to match.
Collective bargaining
PSU says it may refuse to obey arbitrator’s order
The arbitrator’s decision to reinstate 10 laid-off faculty was supposed to be binding.
Workers Rights
PSU ordered to reinstate faculty with back pay
Administrators bypassed union contract rules when they eliminated 10 faculty positions.
Workers Rights
Oregon Labor Board rules PSU broke labor law
Part-time instructors win back withheld funds and interest.
Collective bargaining
New PSU contract gives biggest raises to lower-paid workers
The agreement covers 1,172 workers represented by PSU chapter of American Association of University Professors (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.
Collective bargaining
PSU grad student faculty ratify their first-ever union contract
The three-year deal covers about 800 workers and is the culmination of a joint campaign by AFT-Oregon and American Association of University Professors.
Jobs
PSU food service contract changes hands, union contract remains
At PSU, Salt and Straw ice cream and Stumptown Coffee will be served by AFSCME members.
Union Organizing
PSU graduate assistants file for union recognition
When it becomes official in about 3 weeks, PSU will have 800 new union members.
Union Organizing
PSU won’t fight union campaign among its grad students
A memo from school administration orders managers to stay neutral.
Union Organizing
Graduate employees at Portland State form union, ask president for neutrality
Grad student employees are already unionized at UO and OSU.
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
Collective bargaining
Oregon’s most proletarian professors protest bottom 10 percent pay
Talks head into mediation with PSU proposing less-than-inflation raises
Politics
In Oregon’s new higher ed boards, labor gets a seat or two
Business will be amply represented on the new governing boards.
Collective bargaining
SEIU 503 prepares to strike at 7 Oregon universities
Wages are a key sticking point for 4,200 university support workers.
