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United Academics: more draconian cuts at the UO

  Feb 28, 2017     1780 Views     Comments Off on 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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PSU-AAUP: we have a lot of fight!

  Feb 28, 2017     1394 Views     Comments Off on PSU-AAUP: we have a lot of fight!  

by José Padín, President Our membership is up. Up to 84%!   We have elected a new Vice President for Membership and Organizing, our colleague Jennifer Kerns from the History Department.   Our leadership has seen an infusion of new blood from member ranks in the last year. The “freshman class” includes three members of our Executive Council, Jennifer Kerns (VP Organizing, History) and Amanda Byron (VP Grievances, Conflict Resolution), and John Newton (Councilor, Music); and three members of our Collective Bargaining Team, Michael Clark (English), Theresa Kaimanu (College of Urban and Public Affairs), and Courtney Bailey (Student Activities and…

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