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PERS cuts proposed: take action now

by Margaret Butler, Executive Director As I’m sure you have heard in the media, there are many proposals floating in Salem to make changes to PERS. Senate Bills 559 and 560 were heard in the Senate on February 13th, and AAUP-Oregon President José Padín testified for us, along with many, many others from a wide range of organizations.  Read his testimony here. According to the PERS coalition, these bills are extreme, unfair, and illegal. SB 559 proposes changing the way PERS calculates the final annual salary by using a five year average as opposed to the three year average currently…

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United Academics: more draconian cuts at the UO

by Michael Dreiling, President As the University of Oregon enters its second spring under the helm of President Michael Schill, we face another round of deep cuts to the faculty who advance the university’s core mission of educating Oregon’s students. Last year saw more than 75 faculty members severed from the university’s ranks. This year, a similar number of faculty will have their employment, in many cases long-term employment, terminated by the university administration. Over the course of two years, the university will lose more than 10% of its instructional workforce.   If these cuts were being made strategically in…

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