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OSU: advocating for improvements for contingent faculty, fossil fuel divestment

  Feb 16, 2016     2444 Views     Comments Off on OSU: advocating for improvements for contingent faculty, fossil fuel divestment  

by Tony Vogt, OSU-AAUP activist The advocacy chapter at Oregon State University continues our alliance with students, staff, as well as other faculty through The Alliance for a Socially Just University. We are putting our efforts into publicizing the forthcoming visit with Howard Bunsis on February 24. Meanwhile, we are following up on a request for information from the Administration on the ways they have acted on recommendations related to a survey of contingent faculty. We had requested information by early February, and were assured it was forthcoming, but it never materialized. We did get an email saying it was…

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PSU: bargaining update, grad students organize

  Feb 16, 2016     1954 Views     Comments Off on PSU: bargaining update, grad students organize  

by Pam Miller, President, PSU-AAUP     Hello everyone and greetings from PSU-AAUP. I hope this finds you all well. The groundhog says spring is here. At least we know spring term is on the horizon! Instead of a narrative, I will line up our happenings, not in any particular order of importance. We're busy, of course, as are all of you. Sorry to not see you in January. 1) We are bargaining and about to wrap up our work on Academic Professionals' workload and other working conditions. We'll soon move into economics and Howard Bunsis will be back to be…

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